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Smart electricity meter

Recorded year1977

Theodore Paraskevakos's Metretek builds the first meters that report readings remotely; Italy's Enel rolls them out nationwide from 2001.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.