It's a Landis + GYR model # 0624. We are supposed to be able to go=20
online and read the meter, but haven't been there yet. The utility is=20
converting one substation at a time, plus when they do a service call=20
for whatever reason, while they are there, they change the meter. We had=20
a service call to install a squirrel guard (the small mammal variety)=20
just below our transformer. I didn't think the data was that high rate.=20
There have been several magazine articles on Smart Grid, the latest in=20
Nuts & Volts.

On 2/21/2011 4:56 PM, Bob Blick wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:58 -0500, "Carl Denk" wrote:
>   =20
>> The meter reading via a slow data rate powerline modem sort of
>> equipment. This is not a drive by short range RF reading. The utility is
>> going toward time of day metering, where peak hours, twice a day would
>> initially be $0.01 or $0.02/KWH, going to maybe $0.05/KWH in 5 years.
>> Our present rate is around $0.12/KWH. I'm not sure whether they are
>> downloading a batch once or so a day, or continuously, say every 5
>> minutes an instantaneous meter reading.
>>     =20
> 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.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>
>   =20
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