Independent tests have been carried out by UL, an organization for testing, certifying and validating electric meters, upon request by two Sensus customers.
Earlier, SaskPower said that the meters "were subjected to the performance requirements in the newest industry standard, the UL 2735 Standard for Safety for Electric Meters, and the meters were found to comply."
Different performance and safety tests, including nine UL 2735 ANSI (American National Standards Institute) tests and nine UL 2735 tests, were conducted on 40 Sensus meters, as ordered by the City of Medicine Hat.
With the results, the Energy Committee recommended continuing with electric automated metering installations using the Sensus Generation 3 iConA metering products.
The utility will now plan to install the remaining meters starting this week.
Sensus president Randy Bays said: "Safety and customer satisfaction remain our top priorities.
"We recognize that the industry has concerns about the performance of electric meters and we are taking a leadership position in developing solutions that address the issues."
The new iConA Generation 4 residential electric meter has also been launched by Sensus to help electric utilities and municipalities better collect and analyze data.
