A smart meter is a useful electronic device that records information such as electric energy consumption and voltage levels and communicates it to the consumer and electricity suppliers.

Moreover, the energy and utility market is experiencing significant growth, projected at a CAGR of 11% through the year 2029, leading to the expected growth at a CAGR of 8% in the smart meter market during the same period.

This optimistic forecast underscores the potential for tremendous progress in the services industry. By providing support and services to overcome several challenges and enhance operational efficiencies, we can facilitate the projected growth.

However, to achieve this projected growth, the industry must overcome several challenges, including time-consuming manual validation, high testing costs, data compliance, continuous firmware updates with respect to the industry standard and more.

Thus, Magnus, HCLTech's test automation framework, fills the gap left by market solutions for smart meter testing by providing an end-to-end perspective and robust support for newer versions. It excels in functional regression testing for web, mobile and device testing and has seamless integration capabilities with third-party tools like ALM and defect management systems.

In this paper, we examine solutions for testing smart meters through the lens of HCLTech's testing solution, MagnusIP, which optimizes the process of testing metering applications and making them more robust.