On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:58 -0500, "Carl Denk" wrote:
> The meter reading via a slow data rate powerline modem sort of=20
> equipment. This is not a drive by short range RF reading. The utility is=
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> going toward time of day metering, where peak hours, twice a day would=20
> initially be $0.01 or $0.02/KWH, going to maybe $0.05/KWH in 5 years.=20
> Our present rate is around $0.12/KWH. I'm not sure whether they are=20
> downloading a batch once or so a day, or continuously, say every 5=20
> minutes an instantaneous meter reading.

Here the meters are with Silver Springs firmware. The gas meter
communicates with the mated power meter only, at 2.4 GHz. The power
meter is part of a mesh network at 900MHz. It talks to other meters in
the neighborhood, and some of them talk to an area network concentrator.
The whole thing is very very chatty and is pretty much in constant
contact.

What does it say on the face of your meter? Here they have the brand
name (which is one of two brands, Landis + Gyr or GE) and tagged with
Silver Springs Network with a few ID numbers.

We could go to our account page and basically read out use in realtime,
but I have not tried it yet.=20

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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