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Title: Microprocessors In Meter Reading
Author: Ronald H. Liss
Source: 1984 Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 1984
Abstract: In the utility industry, it is a well known fact that a companys meters represent its version of a retail organizations cash registers. To function successfully and thrive financially, a utility must not only deliver its service but also must be able to bill its customers and. naturally, collect bills from them. For this process to become a reality, there is one other key step that must be performed: Reading the meters so that the use of service registered on them can be translated into billable dollars. Also, as in other segments of business and industry today, utilities must be ever vigilant in their questto improve quality of service while increasing productivity and containing costs. Over the last fifteen to twenty years, the computer has played an increasingly pivotal role in attaining the objectives throughout a wide variety of operations in most utility companies. Advancements in the last few years in microprocessor technology have brought the power of the computer to bear significantly on meter reading activities, particularly with the advent of hand-held units that are light in weight, but heavy in processing capabilities. These strides in the computer field are not surprising and have in fact been occurring ever since ENIAC the Electronic Numencal Integrator and Computer) was developed in 1946 as the first electronic digital computer. Since that time, the progression in enhancements made to computers has been characterized by a reduction in physical size and an expansion in the number of computing tasks that can be processed in shorter time frames.

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