RE: Proposed language for on-site interrogation & data retri

we agree w/ abb

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> Subject: 	re: Proposed language for on-site interrogation & data
> retri
> 
> The following comments are from Ted York and Kathy Smith of ABB:
> 
> The display comment is  too restrictive and the load profile comment
> is not
> broad enough.  ABB proposes something similar to the following
> (changes from
> the original are in red):
> 
> "A meter used in Direct Access shall display the total KWH energy
> consumption
> as a minimum.  The physical display on the meter may be absent only if
> other
> local means for retrieving data are provided for all interested
> parties,
> including
> the consumer and UDC.  If a meter or meter device is capable of
> storing load
> profile
> or other billing data in its memory, it must have an optical port or
> another
> physical communication connection for on-site interrogation and
> billing data
> retrieval.
> Where load profile or billing data is generated off site, that site
> must meet
> the data
> access requirements of a meter device as a minimum."
> 
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