Environmental disturbance and pollution is minimized by reducing the size of power generation equipment. Peak usage is minimized despite population growth through multiple rate billing and distribution cleanliness is maintained by monitoring power quality pollution contributed by individual consumers. Consumers can benefit from lower electricity bills by using smart card controlled energy meters that lower operational costs of providing service, reading meters, and processing data. Improve metering accuracy despite nonlinear loads. The electromechanical meters are not able to accurately measure energy in the presence of phase fixed load regulation schemes popular on distribution networks.
Electronic measurements are more robust and accurate under such conditions.
Electronic energy meters have outperformed the electromechanical meter in terms of functionality and performance, but cost and reliability have been questionable in different parts of the world. Companies like Analog Devices that have an excellent reputation supplying military and aerospace integrated circuits as well as very high volume consumer products are well-positioned to marry the high reliability and low cost that the industry has been waiting for. Analog Devices, Inc. recognizes the cost constraints of single phase energy meters and has identified an opportunity to assist meter manufacturers reach their cost targets, alleviate their reliability concerns, and meet their volume requirements. The utility industry has been buzzing with stories of automatic meter reading, smart card prepayment, and multiple rate billing but the actual measurement of energy is also foremost on the minds of progressive energy suppliers and distributors. The manufacturing investment, the measurement accuracy and quality, and the amount of information from electronic measurement is unquestionably superior to the traditional rotor plate energy meter design.