Project 367
                    
          Joint Utility Meter Reading--A Collaborative Approach
$285,844
      
                Principal Investigator
                                            Donald Schlenger
                          Project Manager
                                            Elizabeth C Kawczynski
                          Contractor
              EMA, Inc.
          Abstract
Provides an understanding of the technological and institutional issues surrounding joint meter reading. Documents the business case for joint metering, which includes improving efficiency and customer service. Also identifies various strategies that utilities might pursue to move toward collaborative meter reading and, possibly, shared billing and customer service. Research partner: EPRI CEC. Published by EPRI in 1999. (TR-112559). Subscribers may order from the Foundation.