Case Study: Prairie Land Electric streamlines AMI deployment with Clevest Smart Grid O&M

Streamlines AMI project with Clevest’s Smart Grid O&M Solution

Prairie Land Electric, a utility cooperative based in Kansas, faced the complex challenge of managing a large-scale AMI project to replace 16,000 mechanical meters and upgrade 9,000 electronic meters across 18 counties. To manage this significant investment efficiently and ensure best practices, they turned to the Clevest Smart Grid Operations & Maintenance solution.

The Clevest solution streamlined the entire deployment process, integrating with the utility's existing customer information system (CIS) to manage service orders and field data. This implementation resulted in the meter exchange process becoming at least 50% faster, dramatically accelerating the overall project timeline. The project was completed on time and on budget. Due to this success, Prairie Land later expanded its use of Clevest to include Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and enhanced Mobile Workforce Management (MWFM) capabilities.

Prairie Land Electric

Kirk Girard

Director of Finance