The Advantages and Disadvantages of IC Card Smart Meters

Advantages of IC card smart meter:

1. With the IC card meter, there is no need to troublesome manual meter reading, which is conducive to modern management. The use of IC card electricity meters avoids many inconveniences caused to customers by manual meter reading and door-to-door charging, and historical electricity purchase data can be saved, which is convenient for customers to query.

2. It fully reflects the commodity attributes of electricity. Implement electricity purchase first and then use electricity, customers can purchase and use electricity in a planned way according to their actual needs, and there will be no late fees due to arrears and unnecessary expenses.

3. The IC card electricity meter not only solves the problem of difficult charging, but also solves the charging problem of scattered residential customers, temporary electricity customers, and customers who often default on bills.

Disadvantages of IC card smart meter:

It is inconvenient to pay the fee, and you must go to the self-service payment point or the business hall of the power supply bureau to pay the fee. After payment, the card must be reinserted into the meter so that the meter can read the fee and transmit electricity. You can also pay online, but you still have to go to the self-service payment point to insert the card, and the fee you pay will be on the card, which is very inconvenient. If there is no electricity at home at night because of arrears, you have to go out and take a point card to pay the bills.