SECO Energy is excited to announce our systemwide AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) metering project for 2023. The AMI meter will provide detailed usage data and other energy-saving tools to help members save money on their bills.

After much data evaluation and Board approval, SECO Energy has chosen Honeywell as its AMI vendor to build a hybrid system to best serve both our dense suburban areas and rural locales in our service area. The Honeywell meter is highly accurate and offers many benefits to members. The meter communicates with SECO Energy to reduce the costs of monthly meter reading and supplies members with 15-minute reading interval data. Members will have access to this energy-usage data through SmartHub.

New SmartHub features use an algorithm of your usage data to estimate how much energy your home’s appliances are using based on the interval readings to help you identify potential energy wasters in your home. If there’s an HVAC, water heater or other large energy use device malfunction, you’ll know sooner rather than later. The meter can’t view your actual in-home behavior. Its software assesses your home’s load profile and estimates usage of items that use electricity based on average consumer usage and behavior.

While the AMI project begins in 2023, full completion will take three to four years for all locations in our service area to receive a new AMI meter. Read the SECO News editions below to learn more about our AMI deployment and pilot projects.

This is an investment that will pay off over time. Each year the cooperative will save millions of dollars in reduced costs to physically read each meter in our 2,100 square mile service territory. During the meter exchange, you will experience a short outage. There is no need to be home. To ensure accurate billing, Honeywell will take a photo of the previous meter’s out reading.

This work is linear in nature, contractors are following established routes within substation and feeder boundaries. Due to operational needs with a linear installation/integration plan, we are unable to offer appointments in advance for meter exchanges.