We take your privacy very seriously. No customer-identifying data – such as names and addresses – is stored in the meters or transmitted across the network. Just like the current meters, the advanced meters will record how much energy and water is being used along with the quality of the energy the PUD delivers. The advanced meters encrypt energy and water use information to ensure privacy and transmit it to the PUD over a wireless network with multiple layers of security. Like today, the data will be used only for billing purposes, operational analysis, and planning.
