Advanced meters offer the prospect of saving utilities a lot of lost revenue. Part of the reason is that smart meters tell the supplier how much energy is being consumed on a regular basis. Compare that to a traditional dumb meter, which the company may not even have a record of in their systems, and which only gives accurate data as often as somebody reads it. Read here about United Illuminating, the winners of the 2007 metering award for best revenue assurance initiative, as decided by the Global AMI Utility Peer Group (UPN). The figures for 2006, with ROI of over 240% and $2.1 million in revenue recovered, speak for themselves.
Award-Winning Utility Revenue Assurance
During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.
The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.
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