Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is a vision for two-way meter/utility communication. Two fundamental elements of AMI have been implemented. First, automatic meter reading (AMR) systems provide an initial step toward lowering the costs of data gathering through use of real-time metering information. They also facilitate remote disconnection/reconnection of consumers, load control, detection of and response to outages, energy theft responsiveness, and monitoring of power quality and consumption. Second, meter data management (MDM) provides a single point of integration for the full range of meter data. It enables leveraging of that data to automate business processes in real time and sharing of the data with key business and operational applications to improve efficiency and support decision making across the enterprise.