Fort Collins Is Upgrading Mechanical Electric And Water Meters In Town

Don't worry if you see someone in a Corix or City Of Fort Collins vehicle messing with you water or electric meters. They're probably legit.

The city is continuing with the installation of improved digital electric and water meters throughout the city as part of the Advanced Meter Fort Collins Project.

Installations began in March of this year, and are planned to be completed by 2013.

What will the new meter system do?

New meter technology will allow for faster transfer of  electricity and water use information to our distribution and  billing systems, providing more timely customer  service. Electric and water crews will benefit from more  information about outages and water main  problems, improving safety and maintaining high system reliability. In the future, customers will be able to access information from the new meters via internet connections or other types of home area networks. Customers may review the  information to manage their utility use and costs.

You can read all about the system from the City of Fort Collins. They also have this handy-dandy PDF file with some info about it.

Sounds like it could be a helpful tool, and won't it be nice to be able to see your own meter readings online?

Has your meter already been replaced?

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