Automated digital meters are efficient and time-saving.
Cleveland Public Power has meters with digital radiometers. All meters are read remotely and the number of actual reads is over 99%.
The new digital meters contain an electronic receiving chip, which gives off radio signals that are picked up by telecommunications towers throughout the City. Meter reader personnel are able to drive by a premise, detect the radio signal coming from the customer premise on a mobile laptop data collector, capture a customer’s electric usage, then relay the information into the main Customer Information System (CIS). The system then calculates a customer’s usage from the previous meter reading. The result: greater accuracy of the metering equipment and meter reads, reducing the number of re-reads and investigation orders.