Editing Automatic meter reading (section)

=== Advanced AMR and AMI ===
Originally AMR devices just collected meter readings electronically and matched them with accounts. As technology has advanced, additional data could then be captured, stored, and transmitted to the main computer, and often the metering devices could be controlled remotely. This can include events alarms such as tamper, leak detection, low battery, or reverse flow. Many AMR devices can also capture interval data, and log meter events. The logged data can be used to collect or control time of use or rate of use data that can be used for water or energy usage profiling, time of use billing, demand forecasting, [[demand response]], [[Volumetric flow rate|rate of flow]] recording, [[leak detection]], flow monitoring, [[Water conservation|water]] and [[energy conservation]] enforcement, remote shutoff, etc. [[Advanced metering infrastructure]], or AMI is the new term coined to represent the networking technology of fixed network meter systems that go beyond AMR into remote utility management. The meters in an AMI system are often referred to as [[smart meter]]s, since they often can use collected data based on programmed logic.

The Automatic Meter Reading Association (AMRA) endorses the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) resolution to eliminate regulatory barriers to the broad implementation of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The resolution, passed in February 2007,<ref>[http://www.naruc.org/Resolutions/res.to.remove.regulatory.barriers.to.the.broad.implementation.of.advanced.metering.infrastructure.pdf Resolution to Remove Regulatory Barriers to the Broad Implementation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726050336/http://www.naruc.org/Resolutions/res.to.remove.regulatory.barriers.to.the.broad.implementation.of.advanced.metering.infrastructure.pdf |date=2011-07-26 }} (from [http://www.naruc.org/resolutions.cfm?action=doit&AdoptedDate=2007-02-21&committeeID=50&criteria= NARUC Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment Resolutions of 2007-02-21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214020818/http://www.naruc.org/resolutions.cfm?action=doit&AdoptedDate=2007-02-21&committeeID=50&criteria= |date=2009-02-14 }})</ref> acknowledged the role of AMI in supporting the implementation of dynamic pricing and the resulting benefits to consumers. The resolution further identified the value of AMI in achieving significant utility operational cost savings in the areas of outage management, revenue protection and asset management. The resolution also called for AMI business case analysis to identify cost-effective deployment strategies, endorsed timely cost recovery for prudently incurred AMI expenditures and made additional recommendations on rate making and tax treatment of such investments.