Metering vs. Submetering: What’s the Difference?

Anyone who has spent much time around a utility company has likely heard the word “metering” thrown around a time or two. In fact, the term is so common that many utility customers have grown familiar with what it means and how metering affects them.—or so they think. But what customers, and even some utility employees don’t know, is that there is both metering and “submetering,” and the differences between the two are stark.

To help clear up any confusion and provide context around what each is, we wanted to detail some of the biggest differences between metering and submetering.

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