Daily monitoring of power usage with new wireless meter!
Today I talked to a customer service rep for my power company, SRP. I called them about a billing issue. There were five meters on the bill when there should have been two. She explained to me that it’s because my two meters were read, then replaced with two new “wireless meters”. A week later, one of them had to be switched out. That explains why there were five.
We got to talking about the wireless meters and I told her I was looking into a third party meter attachment that reads the information and delivers in real-time. This would be a great way to learn how our power consumption directly affects our monthly utility bill. She showed me how to create an account to monitor usage using their web site. Within five minutes, I was able to see our daily usage. It’s not real-time but it is daily. No more surprises at the end of the month.
I also configured “Smart meter notifications” so I get an email if my daily kWh usage is greater than the specified number, as well as when my estimated bill is greater than a set number. All great ways to conserve energy.
I’ll share my usage sometime at the end of February and see how it stacks up.
