Published Aug 06, 2013 • Last updated Aug 06, 2013 • 2 minute read The city says new wireless meter readers are running swimmingly, despite beefs that water bills spiked after the installations.

No more tying up the dog or shovelling the lane just for the meter reader. The Yukon Electrical Company plans to install new meters that send an automated reading from most Yukon homes.

Many of the nearly 300 BC Hydro meter readers who were laid off after their jobs were rendered obsolete by smart meters are still struggling to find work, says the union representing them.

It’s a $28.4-million project that started in 2011. The hi-tech meter readers sent data using radio frequency so the city doesn’t have to deploy staff to physically check meters.

ONG is installing the automated units statewide. By the end of the year, the company should have the new devices in place at the homes and businesses of 400,000 of its 820,000 customers in Oklahoma.

The city plans to begin installing new automated water meter readers in January, kicking off a four-year, $93.7 million project to provide the devices to approximately 145,000 residential ...

Bismarck-based MDU said Wednesday that it has a contract with Itron, a Washington state supplier of wireless communication devices, for automated meter readers. The contract covers about 277,000 ...

The City of Duluth will start a yearlong project installing an automated meter reading system on April 2. The project, which costs $9.5 million, will require adding more than 58,000 existing water ...