Prepayment for electric service with the PowerStat

Author

Sloan, Joseph W.

Author_Institution

Anoka Electr. Cooperative, MN, USA

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

1988

Firstpage

777

Lastpage

781

Abstract

The PowerStat is an electric power information and control system designed to reduce electric costs to the consumer. The system eliminates conventional meter reading and billing schedules and allows the consumer to pay for his electricity at any time and on any regular or random schedule desired. The PowerStat is owned by the utility company and installed in each residence or place of business to provide the consumer with a continuous display of his electric power status. It also shows the amount of electricity available and alerts the consumer when it is time to buy additional power. Testing and evaluation have been underway since February, 1986. Consumer response has been excellent, and early results indicate some reduction in power costs

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; electricity supply industry; power measurement; power system measurement; tariffs; watthour meters; PowerStat; billing; computerised instrumentation; consumer; control system; electric service; electricity supply industry; evaluation; power costs; power status; power system measurement; tariffs; testing; utility; watthour meters; Companies; Control systems; Costs; Displays; Energy consumption; Meter reading; Microprocessors; Sockets; System testing; Thermostats;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.8979

Filename

8979