Smart Meters

A smart meter is a digital electric meter that collects electricity usage information and sends that data to the local utility through a secure telecommunications connection.

Smart meters provide several benefits. They reduce the number of estimated bills through automated readings, help us respond to power outages more quickly and help customers learn more about their energy use. Plus, the smart meters we’re installing are UL certified and have been tested and demonstrated by manufacturers to be safe and secure.

We continue to be active throughout our service areas in the research, development and deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).

Ohio:

FirstEnergy’s Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison and The Illuminating Company – are continuing to install smart meters on remaining customers’ homes and businesses throughout our Ohio service areas. This is part of an ongoing investment, approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.  

We have already installed more than 710,000 smart meters on customers’ homes and businesses as part of a previous three-year investment to modernize the electric distribution system in Ohio with advanced automation equipment, real-time voltage controls and the installation of smart meters.  

Pennsylvania:

FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania has installed smart meters on more than two million homes and businesses throughout our Pennsylvania service areas. This effort is in response to Pennsylvania Act 129*, which requires all large electric utilities in Pennsylvania to install smart meters.

New Jersey:

Jersey Central Power & Light has begun installing smart meters on customers’ homes and businesses throughout our service area. The Company’s plan, as approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, will modernize the electric distribution system in New Jersey with the installation of 1.1 million smart meters.

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