The Evolution of Metering: Utilities of the Future

June 22, 2009 - PRLog -- The Evolution of Metering: Utilities of the Future

Melbourne, Australia – 23 June, 2009

Manual meter reading systems for gas, electricity and water create boundless opportunities for corruption and fraud in meter monitoring. This is why revenue insurance is fundamental to utility companies, looking to plug the leakage caused by tampering, and to update obsolete technologies.

Smart metering, prepaid metering, and micro chipping are technologies of the future, focussed on reducing the ability of utility fraud, whilst improving meter reading processes to ultimately minimising financial losses to the company.

Meter manufacturers have developed different systems for remote reading, including walk-by, drive-by, or networked system capabilities. This means a utility company could send out a vehicle equipped with a wireless data collector to drive through a neighbourhood collecting data. Naturally, compared to current, manual processes where time and access are limiting, new technologies are paving the way of the future.

IQPC’s Billing and Metering for Revenue Assurance will share information between utilities, exploring how to bill customers accurately, limit the scope and frequency of meter corruption, and discover technologies of the future.

Put a plug in revenue loss, and join IQPC this October. For more information on the conference content, keynote speakers and agenda, visit  www.iqpc.com/au/revassurance or call +61 2 92991000

For further information contact:
Chris Archer / Catherine Fee
IQPC Australia
Ph: (02) 9229 1000
Email: enquire@iqpc.com.au

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