Citations with the tag: UTILITY meters
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- Solid-state meters help utilities protect revenue.
Stephens, George // Electrical World; Feb95, Vol. 209 Issue 2, p40Reports on revenue protection features of solid-state utility meters. Record of the number of occurrences of a selected event by counters; Time stamp as a register of the time and date of a selected event; Communications.
- Smart grid for smart meters.
Stephens, George // Computer Weekly; 12/8/2009, p6The article offers information on the plans of the British government related to the replacement of their gas and electricity meters with 47 million smart electricity grids over 10 years at a cost of 10 billion pounds.
- Untitled.
Stephens, George // Utility Week; 9/28/2007, Vol. 27 Issue 23, p25The article deals with the latest issues in Great Britain pertaining to a smart water meter, electricity and energy.
- The residential meter: Key automation device.
Stephens, George // Electrical World; Apr98, Vol. 212 Issue 4, p51Discusses metering automation in the United States, and how this technology can increase efficiency and reduce operating costs. Automation at Landis & Gyr Utilities Services Incorporated; Criteria driving the design of the automated meter.
- Modem technology reduces remote reading costs.
Lundy, Neil // Modern Power Systems; Jan98, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p49Discusses several methods of reading utility meters. Remote data reading of electricity meters via a telephone line; Power line carrier methods; Use of line powered modems.
- Booknote.
Bretz, Elizabeth A. // Electrical World; June97, Vol. 211 Issue 6, p9Reports that as of December 1 1996 more than 10.2 million automated meter-reading (AMR) units were deployed by 840 utilities in 1024 AMR projects. Largest deployment numbers for gas utilities; The study produced under the direction of Howard A. Scott.
- The advantages of meter standards.
York, Ted // Electrical World; Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 214 Issue 5, p64Focuses on the development of meter reading standards for electric utilities in the United States. Provision of protocols for the metering products; Reduction of operating costs; Provision of opportunity for innovation.
- Ofwat reminds Ofgem of water's smart role.
Andrews, Annabel // Utility Week; 10/8/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 9, p8The article reports on the move by the British Office of Water Services (Ofwat) to urge the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) to consider the role of water utilities in the smart meter initiative.
- Don't charge for meters upfront.
Andrews, Annabel // Utility Week; 4/8/2011, Vol. 34 Issue 13, p5The article talks about an upfront or one-off charging imposed by suppliers on domestic customers for installing a smart meter.
- Selling 'risks smart meter rollout'.
Andrews, Annabel // Utility Week; 7/15/2011, p6This article discusses the warning of British consumer groups to utilities about the success of smart meter rollout.
- Through the back door.
Barthold, Jim // Telephony; 02/05/2001, Vol. 240 Issue 6, p78No abstract available.
- Wireless remote meter reading.
Fassett, Anne M.; Bazzy, Jared // Telecommunications - Americas Edition; Nov95, Vol. 29 Issue 11, p22Reports on BellSouth Corp.'s development of the cellemetry wireless remote meter reader.
- 35-millionth AMR Gas Communication Module Shipped.
Fassett, Anne M.; Bazzy, Jared // Pipeline & Gas Journal; Apr2011, Vol. 238 Issue 4, p97No abstract available.
- Outlook for the U.S. Utility Meter Market.
Hodges, Patrick // Pipeline & Gas Journal; Jul2000, Vol. 227 Issue 7, p32Discusses anxiety and unrest in the utility meter market of the United States. Price competition; Increased research and development pressure; Challenges in commercializing a reasonably priced communication-enabled single-phase meter; Prediction that the international meter market will become...
- 7. Glossary of Prepayment Metering Terms.
Hodges, Patrick // Prepayment Metering Report; 2005, Vol. 1, p49Presents a glossary of prepayment metering terms.
- ELECTRICITY METER MARKETS BY REGION AND COUNTRY.
Hodges, Patrick // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p21Presents a table regarding the number of electricity meters forecasted per year by region and country from 2002 to 2007. Eastern Europe; Middle East; North America.
- ELECTRICITY METER MARKETS BY REGION AND COUNTRY.
Hodges, Patrick // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p27Presents a table regarding the value of forecasted industrial and residential electricity meter units purchased by region and country from 2002 to 2007. Western Europe; Africa; South America.
- THE SHIFTING PATTERN OF TRADE BY COUNTRY.
Hodges, Patrick // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p37Presents a table regarding the shifting trade pattern of industrial and residential electricity meter exports by region and country from 1997 to 2002. Western Europe; Asia; North America.
- AVERAGE UNIT PRICES BY COUNTRY.
Hodges, Patrick // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p39Presents a table regarding the average unit prices of electricity meter units by country from 1997 to 2002. Austria; Malaysia; Thailand.
- Section 13 $ Trade.
Hodges, Patrick // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p1Presents statistical data on average total imports and exports of electricity utility meters from 1999 to 2001. Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Central America.
- NEWS.
Hodges, Patrick // Utility Week; 10/1/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 8, p8This section offers news briefs concerning utilities in Great Britain, including the timetable for smart metering, Bristol Water and misselling practices by suppliers.
- Firms to fund smart meter engagement.
Coyne, Brendan // Utility Week; 4/20/2012, p4The article reports on the possible effect of the implementation of the customer engagement element of smart metering in Great Britain on suppliers.
- Smart meters 'must consider MPRS'.
Coyne, Brendan // Utility Week; 2/19/2010, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p6The article reports on the concerns of network company representatives in Great Britain dealing with Metering Point Registration Service (MPRS) over whether they have been bypassed in talks about smart meter installations.
- BT signals its smart meter ambitions.
Coyne, Brendan // Utility Week; 7/23/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p5The article reports on a consortium led by British Telecom, including Aqiva, Detica, and Sensus, which has entered the smart meter fray and has been targeting its cellular rivals' weaknesses in a bid to land a contract worth about 1.7 billion British pounds.
- Smart metering gets boost from stimulus funds.
Coyne, Brendan // Underground Construction; Aug2010, Vol. 65 Issue 8, p5The article reports on the move of Honeywell Inc. to implement a smart metering network for the city of Duncan, Oklahoma allowing the municipality to automatically collect electricity and water usage from residents and local businesses.
- Smart meters explained.
Coyne, Brendan // Electronics Weekly; 6/3/2009, Issue 2386, p20The article presents a blog on smart meter.
- Customers will see smart savings.
Coyne, Brendan // Utility Week; 3/30/2012, p7The article focuses on a claim by the British government that competition will ensure that suppliers' cost savings from rolling out smart meters will be passed on to customers.
- Dialogue and choice.
Parr, Jon // Utility Week; 5/25/2012, p25The article considers the merits of adopting smart metering for consumers struggling to pay for their energy consumption.
- STATES PONDER SMART-GRID PRIVACY.
COLLINS, HILTON // Government Technology; Aug2010, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p19The article reports on consumers' privacy concerns about the use of smart grid utility meters in the U.S.
- Smart meter delivery body rolls on despite concerns.
Beech, Mathew // Utility Week; 3/22/2013, p8The article reports that the establishment of the central delivery body (CDB) to be responsible for the launch of smart meters across Great Britain is in progress despite concerns about the timeframe of the launch.
- Metering the meter market.
Beech, Mathew // Electric Perspectives; Mar/Apr98, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p8No abstract available.
- THE SHIFTING PATTERN OF TRADE BY COUNTRY.
Beech, Mathew // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p33Presents statistical information on the shifting trade pattern of electricity meters by country from 1997 to 2002. Increase in global exports of watt hour meters in 2002; Value of the exports of China in 2001; Economic implications of large contracts for renewals and new installations.
- Boat Shop owner invents unusual cover for meters.
Hosking, Sandra // Journal of Business (10756124); 11/22/2000, Vol. 15 Issue 24, pB14Focuses on the Saguaro Silhouette utility-meter cover invented by Boat Shop owner Larry Bennett. Specifications and purpose of the invention; Suggestion of a retail price; Conception of the cover.
- Utility chooses wireless option for AMR.
Hosking, Sandra // Electrical World; May/Jun99, Vol. 213 Issue 3, p57Reports that KeySpan Energy's automated meter reading system uses the Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) communications public network with Redhawk 2000 Series data terminals from Omnipoint Technologies Inc. Use of data terminals as wireless interface to meters supplied by other vendors; Other...
- Carbon wins from metering could trump all.
Hosking, Sandra // Utility Week; 5/28/2010, Vol. 32 Issue 19, p8The article highlights the carbon benefits of metering as the likely primary cause for the switch to full metering in Great Britain.
- "Mesh Network" Meter Reading System.
Hosking, Sandra // WaterWorld; May2007, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p1The article evaluates the automatic meter reading system from Mosaic Co.
- Company Introduces "Mesh Network" Meter Reading System.
Hosking, Sandra // WaterWorld; May2007, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p110The article evaluates the Mosaic automatic meter reading system from Mosaic Co.
- Squeezing it all in.
Hosking, Sandra // Design Engineering; Mar1995, p8Focuses on Carlo Gavazzi's modular and programmable panel meter that can be configured to the specifiers' needs by choosing plugging modules for the back of the unit. Features; Design.
- THE OLDEST PROPHECY IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY.
Peeters, Jan // Electric Perspectives; Sep/Oct2002, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p30Discusses the prerequisites of automated meter reading. Competition among carriers in the supply of transmission links; Reliance of the carriers to the existence of telemetry to control routing and other features of their networks; Willingness of utilities to consider outsourcing data...
- Up-front project analysis ensures systems' success.
Hansen, Teresa // Electric Light & Power; Sep96, Vol. 74 Issue 9, p21Focuses on the issues involved in the implementation of an automatic meter reading (AMR) system in the electric utilities industry in the United States. Management process; Management of resources including money, personnel and time; Degree of priority placed on the project; Integration of the...
- Rufus Leonard creates online metering service for British Gas.
Hansen, Teresa // Design Week; 11/26/2009, Vol. 24 Issue 47, p3A preview of the Energy Smart, an online metering service, from Rufus Leonard is presented.
- Utility rolls out 'smart meters.'.
Robison, Jennifer // Las Vegas Business Press (10712186); 10/4/2010, Vol. 27 Issue 40, pP13This article announces the launch by NV Energy of its smart meters on September 28, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada with the installation of the first of 10,000 digital meters.
- Anglian gets remote meters.
Robison, Jennifer // Professional Engineering; 07/22/98, Vol. 11 Issue 14, p8Reports that the Anglian Water company plans to launch a remote metering pilot scheme in Great Britain, in an effort to eventually offer individual tariffs to customers. Number of meters which will be installed; Details on the partnership between the Kent Meters and Logica companies with...
- MULTI-CIRCUIT ENERGY METER.
Robison, Jennifer // Sustainable Facility; Aug2011, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p10The article offers brief information on the Square D PowerLogic EM4800 multi-circuit energy meter from Schneider Electric.
- New AWWA Meter Standard Published.
Robison, Jennifer // WaterWorld; Mar2003, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p26Reports on the American Water Works Association's publication of standard for cold water meters-single jet type. Consensus of competing meter manufacturers that the singe-jet type is the most viable and accurate instrument to measure water.
- Utilities deploy 10 million new AMR units.
Robison, Jennifer // WaterWorld; Mar97, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p12Reports on a study by the Automatic Meter Reading Association (AMRA) showing that majority of electric, gas and water utilities are deploying or planning to deploy automatic meter reading (AMR) services. Load management; Supervisory control and data acquisition; Outage and tamper detection.
- Section 12 Unit Trade.
Robison, Jennifer // Electricity Utility Meters Report; 2003, p1Presents statistical data on average total imports and exports of electricity utility meters from 1999 to 2001. Eastern Europe; Middle East; South America.
- DCC 'has to be thin to keep rollout on track'.
Robison, Jennifer // Utility Week; 4/22/2011, Vol. 34 Issue 15/16, p7The article reports on the need for the British government to decide on a thin model for the Data Communications Company (DCC) in order to meet its schedule for the smart meter rollout.
- LETTERS.
Slater, Andy // Utility Week; 9/3/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p10A letter to the editor about long-range radio and smart meters is presented.
- NEWS.
Slater, Andy // Utility Week; 12/3/2010, Vol. 33 Issue 17, p8The article presents a blog about a poor family in Bangladesh, another about the crackdown on indoor cannabis cultivation in England and comments on the smart metering initiative of BT, Arqiva and Detica.
