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Smart Meters vs. Electromechanical Meters

Smart meters measure electricity consumption over time and can communicate information wirelessly to and from a main center. They offer advantages over traditional electromechanical meters such as the ability to provide time-based tariffs, consumption statements, net metering, outage notifications, remote disconnect/reconnect capabilities, demand response monitoring, power quality monitoring, and tampering/theft detection. Traditional meters cannot detect or record tampering attempts as easily as tampering usually leaves no obvious signs of damage.

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Smart Meters vs. Electromechanical Meters

Smart meters measure electricity consumption over time and can communicate information wirelessly to and from a main center. They offer advantages over traditional electromechanical meters such as the ability to provide time-based tariffs, consumption statements, net metering, outage notifications, remote disconnect/reconnect capabilities, demand response monitoring, power quality monitoring, and tampering/theft detection. Traditional meters cannot detect or record tampering attempts as easily as tampering usually leaves no obvious signs of damage.

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Introduction

 The smart meter is an electrometer that measures


electricity consumption by time repetition.
 The merit of these meters is that they send and receive

(information / commands) to and from the main center


The Electromechanical Meters
 Cannot detect or record any
tampering attempt.
 Cannot see any obvious damage

save in location
The Smart Meters
• Time-Based Tariff (Multi-tariff).
• Consumption Statements to Subscriber and
Corporation.
• Net metering.
• Notice of Current Outage/Restoring
• Electricity Current Disconnect/Re-Connect
• Load Determination for Demand Response
(DR)
• Monitoring Electricity Current Quality
• Detection of Tampering/Theft of Electricity
Tampering With Electromechanical
Meters
 Changing connection by
opening / closing the lid
without any evidence
 Putting a strong magnet to

stop / tamper with the work of


the meter.
 Inserting a metallic object /

pin in meter to stop spinning.

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