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Why do Smart Meters need a battery to keep the time?

By SATEC (Australia) Pty Ltd | Industry News, Product News | Comments are Closed | 12 January, 2015 | 1

Electricity meters, energy meters, multi-function metering and any power metering incorporating internal clocks for date/time stamp resolution must comply with NMI electrical metering standards to ensure the clock time does not drift.

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    • Frequency Control Ancillary Services – FCAS
    • Multi-Channel Energy Meters
    • NMI Approved Energy Meters
    • Phasor Measurement Unit
    • Power Quality Analysers
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    • Expertpower SaaS – EMS, Billing, Power Quality
    • Meter Data Management (MDM)
    • Power Analysis Software (PAS)
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    • Disturbance Direction Detection
    • Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS)
    • Large-Scale Generation Certificates (LGCs)
    • NMI Approved Retrofit Energy Metering
    • Phasor Measurement Unit
    • Power of Choice Metering
    • Time of Use (TOU) Control
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