Advanced Meters

What type of advanced meters are being installed?

Chelan PUD has partnered with Wesco/Anixter and National Metering to install Itron, Gen 5 Centron II meters.

What’s different between my current meter and the new advanced meter?

Transitioning to advanced meters is a bit like upgrading from a land line to smart phone – both technologies work, but the smart phone allows customers to stay even more connected to what matters. Advanced meters record energy-use and send it back to the PUD across a secure network, several times a day. Whereas older meters provided meter information only once a month. Your new advanced meter will be put in the same location as your current meter.

Older Meters

New Advanced Meters

Manually read by meter readers each month, which can lead to billing errors or estimations.

Provide more accurate billing by reducing manual processes and ensuring accurate bills every time.

Require meter readers to drive over 200,000 miles annually to collect data, contributing to fuel costs and pollution.

Use secure wireless communication to transmit energy-use data directly to Chelan PUD, reducing vehicle trips, cutting pollution, improving efficiency, and delivering long-term cost savings to customer-owners.

Cannot automatically report power outages; the utility relies on customer calls to detect outages.

In the future, Chelan PUD will be able to automatically detect power outages, leading to faster response times and advanced outage communication in the future.

Lack remote communication, requiring on-site visits to assess meter status.

Offer advanced features like temperature sensors, alerting the utility to potential equipment failures and helping prevent issues before they occur.

Do not allow customers to track energy use.

In the future, AMI will provide customers with daily access to their energy usage data, empowering them to make informed decisions to save both energy and money.