Water and Energy Abstracts
  • Year: 2004
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 2

86. Advanced Communications: The Number One Reason to Install New Meters

  • Author:
  • Bob Hughes

(Metering International, Issue 1, 2004, pp. 50).

Abstract

A survey by Newton-Evans Research indicated that the number one reason why electricity utilities are upgrading high-end meters is to take advantage of advanced communications capabilities. Many utilities are using these advanced capabilities to improve current applications, as well as make their systems compatible with new and future communications advances.

Keywords

Energy meters, SCADA system, Load profits reading, Data retrieved