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Power Measurement Intros Energy Management RTU

September 30, 2003 by Jeff Shepard

Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC), a provider of enterprise energy-management systems, introduced an option for its ION 7500 energy meter that converts the device into an intelligent, web-enabled remote terminal unit (RTU) for combined "WAGES" utilities metering (water, air, gas, electricity and steam).

The RTU will automatically collect, scale and log readings from a large number of connected meters or transducers, and deliver information to one or more head-end systems through a combination of integrated Ethernet, modem or serial gateways. The RTU is suitable for commercial or industrial sub-metering, as well as transducer and equipment monitoring at utility substations.

"This new option represents an innovative advancement in RTU technology," said John Van Gorp, marketing manager for Power Measurement. "Energy and facility managers now have a much more cost-effective, all-in-one solution for metering the different kinds of utilities being consumed, and integrating the information efficiently into their energy management systems."