SMART METERS MEET A TEST

Texas PUC: New Examination Reveals 'The Superiority Of Smart Meters'
3 August 2010 (Renew Grid)

"The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) has released [Evaluation of Advanced Metering System in Texas ] reflecting Navigant Consulting's third-party analysis of smart meters installed in the state. The PUC maintains that the advanced meters are 'much more accurate than the ones they replace.'"

[Barry Smitherman, Chair, TPUC:] "This extraordinary and comprehensive study clearly shows the superiority of smart meters compared to traditional, electromechanical meters…"

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"The commission says Navigant found that the meters tested exhibited an overall accuracy rate of 99.96%. Of more than 5,600 devices tested, only two registered erroneous readings. By comparison, an evaluation of test results from traditional meters showed an accuracy rate of 96%…"

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[Donna Nelson, Commissioner, TPUC:] "Customers I visit with are very interested in smart meters, and this report provides a lot of reassurance about their accuracy…"

"…[The research teseted the new] smart meters…[and reviewed] historical test results for more than million smart meters and more than 86,000 electromechanical meters."