With the rapid implementation of China's smart grid construction and the development of watt-hour meter rotation, as an important part of smart grid electricity consumption, the demand for smart meters and electricity consumption information acquisition equipment will continue to grow in the future. At present, the bidding for smart meters in the State Grid is stable at twice a year. Due to wider popularization and demand for meter replacement, the bid winning amount is also on the rise, and the market scale of smart meters industry will continue to expand in the future.

  The bidding volume of smart meters has picked up again, with level 2 single-phase smart meters dominating the mainstream.

  In June 2019, the State Grid announced the results of the bidding for the first electric energy meter and electricity consumption information acquisition equipment in 2019. Rigid flex PCB think,According to the bidding results, the bidding volume of smart meters has increased. With the rapid implementation of China's smart grid construction and the development of watt-hour meter rotation, as an important part of smart grid electricity consumption, the demand for smart meters will continue to grow in the coming period. In 2019, the bidding volume for smart meters in the first batch of State Grid reached 38.212 million, up 74.38% from the same period in 2018. The number of tenders for the first batch of smart meters in 2019 has exceeded 70% of the total number of tenders for smart meters last year.

  In the State Grid's first tender for electric energy meters and electricity consumption information collection equipment in 2019, the State Grid purchased 230 packages of equipment, with a total demand of 40.166 million pieces of all types of equipment, up 70.45% year-on-year. Among them, smart meter equipment is the key equipment to be purchased in this tender. The total demand for smart meter products is 38.212 million pieces, accounting for 95.1% of the total equipment.

  In the field of smart meters, the demand for level 2 single smart meters increased significantly, up more than 80% from the previous year, and accounted for the vast majority of the demand for smart meter equipment. In the tender for the first batch of smart meters in 2019, 105 packages of grade 2 single-phase smart meters were required, totaling 33.943 million, accounting for 88.9% of the demand for smart meters.

  The purchase batch is kept twice a year, and the winning amount has increased.

  Since the State Grid launched the promotion of smart meters in 2009, the number of bidding for smart meters has shown a downward trend since bidding began. The number of bidding for smart meters reached 5 in 2011 and then declined year by year. Starting in 2016, the number of bidding companies has decreased, the amount of winning bids and the number of winning bids have increased, and the industry concentration has shown a rising trend.

  Judging from the bid winning amount, 2014 was the peak year for smart meters and electricity consumption information collection equipment. The bid winning amount reached a peak value of 23.134 billion yuan. Subsequently, the market for smart meters and electricity consumption information collection equipment became saturated and the bid winning amount gradually decreased. In 2017, due to wider popularization and demand for meter replacement, the bid winning amount began to show an increasing trend. The bid winning amount for the first batch in 2019 was 8.292 billion yuan, up 19.1% from the previous year. It is expected that the demand for smart meters and the market scale in China will further expand in 2019.