It looks like many cities will be going to these types of meters.

I know that they can be read without someone coming to the house but are they in constant communication with the electric company or does someone at the electric company need to request the readings from the meter each time they need to be read?

I have visions of a computer monitoring ever second and logging it.

At 6am the customer was using 239w
At 6:01 400w came on = 639w
At 6:31 60w went off...


Little paranoia mixed with really wanting to learn how they work.
MyMindIsGlowing Reviewed by MyMindIsGlowing on . Digital Electric Meters It looks like many cities will be going to these types of meters. I know that they can be read without someone coming to the house but are they in constant communication with the electric company or does someone at the electric company need to request the readings from the meter each time they need to be read? I have visions of a computer monitoring ever second and logging it. At 6am the customer was using 239w At 6:01 400w came on = 639w At 6:31 60w went off... Rating: 5