Avista installs smart meters for customers in county

Whitman County residents should expect to hear from Avista about installing a new smart meter in their home.

Paul Kimmell, Avista Palouse regional manager, said smart meters are an advanced metering technology. They provide more information to Avista and the customers.

Kimmell said installation of smart meters started in Spokane, and crews are now working in Zone 7, which includes Spangle, St. John, Endicott and all the way down past Pullman.

Customers can see instantaneously how much power they are using that day, he said.

Smart meters transmit the data they collect about energy consumption w...