Thinking ahead, WHAUP is developing the SMART Metering initiative to further enhance the traceability of utilities provided. Starting in late 2019, WHAUP converted the installed analog water meters that record the volume of water supplied and usage by industrial operators throughout the industrial complex to generate digital output. This digitized data recording reduced labor expenses that initially had to collect and compile data from all meters for invoicing purposes. The initiative also enables unusual water consumption behaviors and irregularities to be detected and addressed promptly. Monitoring for potential water transmission losses and pin-pointing leakage events can also be done through this online metering system.

Similarly, in 2020, WHAUP began to adopt an online monitoring system that records the solar energy consumption by WHAUP’s customers, which provides convenience for invoicing scheme. Such data are projected at WHA Tower, therefore, employees are no longer required to travel to each customer site and manually record their energy consumption data. As a result, this initiative made invoice process faster, and was able to save 3,000 Baht/MW from related expenses. According to the business plan, WHAUP aims to achieve 300 MW in 2023. Therefore, the SMART metering will save expense by 900,000 Baht.