What are Smart Meters ? and What are their benefits ?

As the energy consumption is increasing day by day it’s an alarming time for us to conserve it and stop its unnecessary usage. Energy conservation will not only preserve the resources for the future generation but will also reduce the global warming. And Metergy joins this mission by the Smart Meters. The Smart Meters are the need of today’s era. It is highly efficient. It directly measures the energy consumed at the user’s premises with both the quantity and the time of its use. This detailed information makes the user understand the patterns and the volume of usage and giving him the quick access to his current charges. The smart metering is done in two ways communication from the meter to the supplier with a user friendly customer display placed at client’s own premises displaying the consumption, tariff and the other information conveniently. They store the data electronically as well as transfer it to the data collector or the utility company. Not only this the meter can facilitates various preferential tariff options beneficial to the user after analysing the time of use, time of day and the rising block etc. They are able to switch between profiles and tariff remotely. The clients can avoid the ‘Estimated Bills’ as they meter the on-site generation and export prices, hence no overpaying or underpaying.

One should switch over to the Smart Meter as the feedback received on the regular basis influences the customers behaviour as they get all the information required to understand the how much, why, and when the energy is getting used. As well it depicts the how much they pay and their current account status. These facilities provided by the Smart Meter have led to effective reduction in energy consumption almost 5 -15 %. Moreover the Smart Metering is seen as the major initiative in the UK Government’s Carbon Reduction program and help meeting your carbon footprint targets. The CRC energy Efficiency Scheme is the UK’s climate and energy saving mandatory scheme started in April 2010. The scheme targets to improve the energy efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in the country. It basically wants to raise the awareness in the larger organisations to encourage the changes in behaviour and infrastructure. For the business users having the maximum energy consumption and meters it is mandatory to install a Smart Meter.

The key benefits of the Smart Meters are:
• It supports every type of electricity profile
• It verifies the correct meter profile
• Does re-profiling of the in-correct meter profile
• Gives relief from the estimated bills
• Online access to your supply data
• It can easily identify all the areas of energy wastage with over 120 standard reports
• It has an automatic scheduled management and exception reports
• Delivers an automatic notification via SMS and/or email when the usage registered is over or under the normal usage.
• One can find the best and worst performing buildings in their organisation
• It gives fully managed service considering every aspects

Thus get your organisation guarded with the Smart Meters and keep yourself safe from the underpayment or the overpayment along with supporting the energy conservation movement.

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Carrie Thomson has been in the Maintenance and Control department in the Power Plant for last 5 years. She has developed deep knowledge on the issues related to Power Quality, Smart Metering and Maintenance. She likes sharing her experience and the creative ideas which help saving energy with as many people as possible to conserve energy and right now her main focus is on the Smart Meters.

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