GE Smart Meters provide significant cost savings and productivity improvements to electric utilities primarily through automated meter reading and faster identification of outages, reducing utility fleets’ CO2 emissions. In addition, Smart Meters are critical enablers of GE’s broader Smart Grid solutions–including integration with programmable communicating thermostats and appliances, Distribution Optimization, and Demand Response–that can reduce electricity consumption and associated CO2 emissions.
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Environmental Benefits
GE Smart Meters allow utilities to help optimize fleet efficiency by eliminating truck rolls associated with manual or drive-by reading of electromechanical meters. Assuming a typical 1MM meter utility uses GE Smart Meters instead of electromechnical meters read through drive-by technology, it could reduce fleet fuel consumption by approximately 7,000 gallons and CO2 emissions by 45 metric tons annually.
Operating Benefits
GE Smart Meters enable automated meter reading, faster identification of outages and power restoration, and real-time load research. On average, and depending on current infrastructure, they can save utilities $1.50 per meter per month compared to electromechanical meters that are read manually or with drive-by technology, yielding annual savings of $18MM for a typical 1MM meter utility.
