Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 23 April, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the activities of the Electricity Metering Automation Center of the Regional Electric Networks Joint Stock Company.

Electricity is one of the most essential sources for both the population and the economy. Its stable supply requires accurate calculations and modern technology. For this, electronic meters are installed in every home, enterprise and institution. To date, more than 6 million 578 thousand consumers throughout the country have been provided with such equipment.

This innovation hub was created to provide state-of-the-art customer service. The US$20 million project was built in partnership with South Korea's KT Corporation and launched in August 2020. The center is equipped with high-capacity servers that are capable of serving 8 million subscribers and can be expanded to 20 million.

In addition, small data centers have been created, connected to regional power supply enterprises.

All this contributes to the storage and processing of data at the district, city, regional and republican levels, the correct formation of hourly, daily, monthly and annual balances and, ultimately, accurate metering of electricity.

- Installing electronic meters is easy. This was the first step. The hardest part starts now. Are there enough professionals serving meters in the regions, in remote villages? Second, how resistant is the system to external influences? Third, is the factor of network obsolescence taken into account in the future? We need to think about this now. It is necessary to direct a certain percentage of receipts for science and modernization, - said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

An order was given to create all over the country points of service of the automated system, centers for training and retraining of specialists, to stimulate workers in the sphere.

Electronic meters are connected to the billing system, debtor consumers are automatically disconnected from the network and turned on after paying for electricity. This allows you to minimize the human factor, exclude cases of illegal connection and corruption. The center employs over 100 qualified specialists.

The head of state talked with them and got acquainted with the capabilities of the CAS program.

This system displays the load of all power plants, substations, transformers and the number of consumers connected to them using geolocation. Specialists attached to each region monitor the situation across the country online.

Information on the project for the implementation of an automated system for metering and controlling electricity consumption is presented.

The head of state also visited the situation room in the center.

By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 23 October 2018 "On measures for accelerated development and ensuring financial stability of the electric power industry", the task was set to bring the coverage of subscribers with electronic meters to 100 percent by the end of 2021. Work in this direction continues. It is planned to connect a total of more than 7 million 418 thousand consumers to the automated control and electricity metering system.