Damages from electricity meter tampering amount to $100 billion in Europe alone
ADI mSure Diagnostic Technology Adopted by Elgama
mSure, Direct Monitoring of Meter Accuracy


Damage caused by the illegal manipulation of electricity meters accounts for 10% of the electricity stolen worldwide. The total revenue loss for European power companies alone amounts to nearly $100 billion.

Analog Devices (ADI) announced on the 8th that it is collaborating with Elgama-Elektronika, a Lithuanian electrostatic measuring device company.

ADI's mSure diagnostic technology can detect various types of power meter manipulation methods. Elgama plans to launch a new electricity meter by the end of 2020 that incorporates mSure technology into its electricity meter design.

Dr. Nerijus Kruopis, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Elgama, stated, “Sending meter readers to the field to verify electricity meters is a cumbersome task for power companies,” adding, “Electricity meters equipped with mSure technology not only check the accuracy of overall metering functions but also reduce costs in terms of field inspections and overall system operations, directly impacting the improvement of customer service.”

Currently, power companies inspect installed electricity meters individually on-site. Because inspections are based on product lifespan, they are unable to replace meters that require replacement and are instead replacing meters that are still usable or investigating false alarms.

By integrating the analysis service with mSure, meter accuracy is directly monitored, and data regarding the status of individual meters is reported back. Therefore, it helps identify malfunctioning meters and more instances of illegal manipulation.

Since raw data generated by meters equipped with mSure is transmitted to and processed by a cloud-based analysis service, power companies can send reports to all meter operators at desired time intervals.

Vitaly Goltsberg, Director of Energy Business at ADI, said, “mSure enables power companies to monitor the unique measurement accuracy of individual meters and detect illegal meter tampering through advanced detection technology.”

He added, “ADI’s Edge-to-Cloud power meter analytics solution provides power companies with actionable intelligence to reduce operating costs and capital expenditures, lower risk, protect profits, and strengthen brand trust.”