Dive Summary:
- Utility Partners of America (UPA) and the Texas-New Mexico Power Co. (TNMP) have completed the installation of 100,000 smart meters in Southeast Texas homes and businesses.
- The power company will deploy another 240,000 smart meters by 2016.
- “We selected UPA to carry out our installations because of its safety record and the quality of its technician training programs,” said Bobby Roberts, TNMP smart meter project manager.
From the article:
"UPA works closely with utilities to establish formal meter installation procedures, with every meter technician receiving extensive training prior to performing meter installations.
The training includes safety procedures that help the technician identify unsafe conditions that may have been evident in existing equipment as well as the actions to take following such a discovery."