Salt River Project signed a long-term agreement with Landis+Gyr AG to update and expand its advanced metering and prepay technology in a phased, 10-year installation across their service territory. The utility plans to deploy Landis+Gyr's Gridstream(R) RF network beginning this summer to support ongoing improvements to the technology used by its 142,000 prepay customers. The voluntary program helps customers manage their energy budget and drives high levels of customer satisfaction.

Once the network foundation is established and the prepayment revision has been completed, SRP will begin installing more than one million, state of the art, Landis+Gyr E350 AX-SD meters to provide both credit and prepayment options for all their customers. This flexible approach to customer billing requirements makes this project one of the most unique in the industry and a first within the US.