Smart metering options in this age of deregulation have resulted in many emerging opportunities to turn the pulses used to measure metered data into profits for all stakeholders-the end user, the energy service company, the equipment manufacturer, and the consultant administering users groups. Real-time interval data posted on the internet has a pyramid of Value. At the bottom of the pyramid is automatic meter reading (AMR) Which has a value of about $1 per month per account. Next up the pyra- mid are applications targeted to optimizing kW and kWh for commercial and industrial users.
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