根据弗罗斯特——沙利文公司的一份研究表明,尽管目前电力公司所购买的检测仪表和调节仪器与辅助装置正在明显减少,但到2000年它可能会翻一番还多。预计到2000年12亿美元的大部分市场将主要来自新建工程,而改型和改装的市场也会从1.23亿美元增长到1.55亿美元;而更新设备的市场可能 According to a Frostville-Sullivan company study, the number of meters and regulating instruments and auxiliary devices purchased by power companies is significantly reduced, but by 2000 it may have more than doubled. It is estimated that most of the 1.2 billion U.S. dollars of the market will come mainly from new construction projects in 2000, and the market for retrofitting and modification will also increase from 123 million U.S. dollars to 155 million U.S. dollars;