Glendale smart meter launch nears

Glendale smart meter launch nears

Officials approve money for program's final touches, including security updates.

All Glendale Water & Power customers next month will be billed through the 120,000 "smart meters" the utility has been installing for nearly two years, officials announced this week.

And as the utility begins to collect more personal data through the rollout of the smart grid, it will need hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of security software updates.

"It's just the final aspects to put in place," said the utility's general manager, Steve Zurn, at a Glendale Water & Power Commission meeting Monday.

Smart meters replaced analog meters throughout the city months ago, but the utility has still been using meter readers to manually report electricity and water use as officials ensure that the system works as intended.

About 25% of customers are already being billed through the digital reads, but officials said that after some technology upgrades this month, the entire system will be online for billing beginning next month.

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