Electric Utilities Mobile Adoption Report

This paper looks at the stages of meter replacement programs and compares the implementation options open to utility companies.

By using mobile technologies that eliminate manual transfer of information, every activity is affected. Instead of teams of workers writing down the references of pallets as they arrive at a depot, the RFID tags on the pallets are automatically and simultaneously read as the load passes through the portal. Instead of a handwritten note of a meter's serial number being carried back to the depot to be transcribed into a ledger the next day, a scanner automatically and immediately reads a barcode and transmits it to the back office system. Instead of needing to check for incorrectly recorded meter numbers, sending crews out to check the locations and re-record the correct meter numbers — meter numbers are recorded correctly the first time.