Smart Meter

Smart Meter is an advanced Meter usually an electrical Meter. Smart Meter identifies consumption in more detail than a conventional Meter. Smart Meter is also considered as ECO meters. By 2010, every home and small business in Ontario will have a Smart Meter as Smart Meters can manage and reduce your electricity costs. Smart Metering, is the new options for managing and reducing your electricity costs. Smart Meter also has a positive impact on the environment.

• Smart Meter Purpose
• Smart Meter Implementations
o Smart Meter Italy
o Smart Meter Canada
o Smart Meter United States
o Smart Meter Turkey
o Smart Meter Australia
o Smart Meter New Zealand
o Smart Meter Netherlands
o Smart Meter Nordic countries
• Smart Meter Imminent implementation
o Smart Meter Ireland
o Smart Meter United Kingdom
• Smart Meter Technology

Smart Meter Overview

Smart meter often refers to an electrical meter, but it can increasingly also mean a device measuring natural gas or water consumption. Term Smart meter, usually refers to an efficient meters. Smart Meters usually involve a different technology mix, such as real-time or near real-time sensors, power outage notification, and power quality monitoring. These additional features in Smart Meter are more than simple (AMR). Smart Meters are also believed to be a less costly alternative to traditional interval or time-of-use meters and are intended to be used on a wide scale with all customer classes, including residential customers. Smart meters may be part of a smart grid, but alone do not constitute a smart grid.


Smart Meter Purpose

Smart Meters can improve the inception of electricity deregulation. Government regulators have been looking for a means to match consumption with generation. Traditional electrical meters only measure total consumption. Smart Meters provide an economical way of measuring this information, Smart Meters allow price-setting agencies to introduce different prices for consumption based on the time of day and the season.

Smart Meter ECO Factor

Smart Meter is and Eco friendly product, simply because smart meter help us measure the consumption of energy and the loss of energy. Smart Meter not only measures the consumption of energy but also points at the loss of energy and helps us control theses losses.