Patent ID: 8484138

Claim:
A telemetry system for transmitting data related to cathodic protection operational conditions and utility usage between user locations and a centralized data collection facility, said system comprising: a plurality of utility metrology means and associated endpoint devices, situated at respective locations of utility consumption, for transmitting utility consumption data associated with a respective location; at least one cathodic protection telemetry device respectively associated with at least one of such locations having an associated cathodic protection system device, for monitoring predetermined cathodic protection operational conditions at such telemetry device location and providing data related thereto to an endpoint device associated with such location for transmission by such endpoint device; a main communications network; at least one collector, for validation of said data from said endpoint devices and communications with said endpoint devices and said main communications network; and a head end processor for communications with said main communications network, such that utility consumption data and cathodic protection operational conditions data are collected from a respective location via a common endpoint device and communicated to said head end processor via said main communications network.