ATCO Gas to Introduce New Meter Reading Technology
31 Gennaio 2011 - 9:58PM
Marketwired
In the spring of 2011, ATCO Gas will begin automating its meter
reading system. Approximately one million meters will be converted
over a four-year period.
"Fully automating our meter reading technology reflects ATCO
Gas's continuing commitment to provide customers with safe,
reliable, cost-effective natural gas service," said Brian Hahn,
President, ATCO Gas. "The new system will improve billing accuracy
and enhance customer convenience."
ATCO Gas meter readers currently visit, and in some cases enter
customers' premises monthly to read natural gas meters in an effort
to ensure customers receive a bill based on actual, not estimated
information. Automating the meter reading system will enable ATCO
Gas to obtain a meter reading every month, regardless of weather
conditions or access issues.
Existing natural gas meters will be retrofitted with Encoder,
Receiver and Transmitter (ERT) modules, supplied and installed by
an independent company, Itron Inc. The ERTs will send data to
mobile collectors that ATCO Gas employees will use to obtain
monthly meter readings. A single mobile collector can read up to
15,000 meters a day.
ATCO Gas meter reading personnel work in nearly 300 communities
across Alberta. Affected meter readers will be transitioned into
other opportunities within the company.
Customers will be updated as their communities are converted to
the new technology. More information is available at
atcogas.com.
ATCO Gas is an Alberta based, province-wide natural gas
distribution company, serving more than one million customers and
is part of the ATCO Group of Companies. ATCO Group, with more than
7,500 employees and assets of approximately $10 billion, delivers
service excellence and innovative business solutions worldwide with
leading companies engaged in Utilities, Energy, Structures &
Logistics, and Technologies. More information about ATCO can be
found on its website, www.atco.com.
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Contacts: ATCO Gas Corporate Communications Edmonton, AB (780)
288-7621 www.atco.com
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