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City advances smart-meter rollout; Badger Orion endpoints installed, Ion Water app onboarding begins
Summary
City staff reported progress on the automated metering infrastructure project: about 5,000 meters had been replaced by mid-December in Route 4, funded by CIP and a WIFA grant. Staff acknowledged customer concerns about radio transmission and identified cellular coverage gaps in some outlying neighborhoods.
City of Prescott utilities staff on Jan. 7 updated the subcommittee on the automated metering infrastructure (AMI) project, reporting steady installations, grant funding and outreach plans to help customers use new smart-meter data.
Utilities Manager Steve Holford and Water Operations Superintendent Nathan Graham said the meter-replacement program began in March 2023 and uses Badger Orion cellular endpoints to replace a patchwork of older meters and an Itron drive-by read system. Staff reported roughly 25,800 meters in the system overall and that Route…
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