degggendorf t1_jef3bzr wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Reply to comment by OldBlueBalls in Meter replacement carries $200M shock: Rhode Island Energy’s advanced metering proposal ‘costs would be borne by ratepayers’ by york100

Yeah on paper it sounds like this initial investment will/should pay for itself in the long term and benefit everyone involved.

But in reality, I'm sure we will get some of those tech benefits, but never see that hypothetical cost savings.

monkiesandtool t1_jefpttn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:58 PM

In theory, having the AMR would be able to determine theft of service cases, lowering the overall cost.

From a prior job responsibility (verifying potential address for gas work), on any given list, there would a decent number of locations (based upon AMR data) that theft of services was occurring

degggendorf t1_jefqrdo wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:04 PM

Oh neat, I didn't realize that theft was anything more than a drop in the bucket. Thanks for the info!