由於科技的進步與人類對節能減碳的殷切期盼，全球先進電業無不致力於智慧型電網(Smart-Grid，文內統稱SG)的發展。智慧型電網透過資料蒐集、網路傳輸、自動化監控、各種資訊管理系統，達成供電可靠度的明顯改善，並藉以降低電力的無端損耗，以達成節約能源的目標。而所有的用電資訊皆來自需求端(Demand Side)也就是用戶端的用電狀態，經由智慧型電表蒐集用戶用電資訊，透過通訊媒介，將資訊即時(On-Time)傳送到控制中心，供各種管理監控系統使用，如電費開票系統(Billing System)、電力調度系統(Electricity Dispatching System)、負載管理系統(Loading Management System)，並進一步對用戶提供各種自動化線上(On-Line)服務。試想有一天您只需動動手指，不論是在家，在公司，在電腦或在手機上隨時可掌握家中用電情況，繳費情形，可以選擇時間電價，可以遙控家中電器設備，甚至上網與萬物相聯。而最重要的是您不必繳交額外的通信費用，這些都將由電力公司買單，而這一切都將因電力公司推動先進讀表基礎建設(Advanced Metering Infrastructure文內統稱AMI)可望實現。這就是先進讀表基礎建設(Advanced Metering Infrastructure, 文內統稱AMI)的概念，而各國電力事業咸認以AMI為建立智慧型電網最佳切入點。
2006年台電開始出現鉅額虧損，原因為何？該不該推AMI？推動規模及建置時程如何訂定方屬合理？推AMI可以帶動哪些產業發展？這是值得探討的議題

For to advances in technology and human ardent desire to save energy and carbon reduction, the global electrical industry are all committed to the development of Smart Grid ( the text referred to SG), because the smart grid is recognized as electric utilities can improve the quality of carbon reduction and achieve the best solution. Smart Grid through data collection, network transmission, automatic monitoring, a variety of information management systems to achieve significant improvement in the reliability of the power supply, and in order to reduce line loss of electricity in order to reach the goal of energy conservation. And all the information of power consumption are from the demand side, is the client's power status, through the smart electricity meter collect user information, through the communications media, the information instantly (On-Time) transmitted to the control center for use a variety of management and monitoring systems, such as electricity billing system, power dispatch system, load management system, and further to provide users with a variety of automated online services. Imagine that one day you just move a finger, whether at home, in the company, in the computer or on the mobile phone you ccan get ready to grasp the home electricity consumption, payment situation, can choose the time price, can remote control home electrical equipment, and even the Internet of Things(IoT). The most important thing is that you do not have to pay extra communication costs, the power company will pay it for you, and it's all due to the power company will promote the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is expected to achieveThis is the concept of Advanced Metering Infrastructure,( the text referred to AMI), while countries’ electric utilities considered the AMI is the best starting point for the establishment of Smart Grid.
Taipower began huge losses from 2006, what is the reasont? Should Taipower Push AMI? How to set the scale and build scale-term is reasonable?What kind of industrial development will AMI drive? Those topics are worth discussing

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