Table 10.05. Advanced Metering Count by Technology Type,
2014 through 2023

Year Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Total
Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
2014 41,830,781 4,781,167 216,459 1,252 46,829,659
2015 42,326,302 5,049,978 226,908 1,023 47,604,211
2016 41,508,261 5,074,877 223,584 971 46,807,693
2017 39,325,014 4,813,029 230,099 707 44,368,849
2018 36,365,339 4,591,398 213,108 712 41,170,557
2019 32,750,506 4,160,628 207,286 861 37,119,281
2020 29,345,377 3,769,118 197,641 905 33,313,041
2021 26,098,336 3,550,517 184,358 920 29,834,131
2022 23,296,364 3,185,114 157,857 873 26,640,208
2023 19,591,318 2,982,169 156,330 571 22,730,388
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
2014 51,710,725 6,563,614 270,683 916 58,545,938
2015 57,107,785 7,324,345 310,889 813 64,743,832
2016 62,360,132 8,119,223 342,766 1,345 70,823,466
2017 69,474,626 9,060,128 365,447 1,389 78,901,590
2018 76,498,388 9,932,993 411,287 1,489 86,844,157
2019 83,539,594 10,850,886 446,871 1,504 94,838,855
2020 90,692,768 11,771,565 468,071 1,499 102,933,903
2021 97,708,824 12,930,423 535,725 1,786 111,176,758
2022 104,237,855 13,908,481 574,526 1,879 118,722,741
2023 112,175,762 14,830,952 755,067 2,584 127,764,365
Standard (non-AMR/AMI) Meters
2014 32,995,176 5,642,247 254,621 1,331 38,893,375
2015 32,430,105 5,744,831 290,354 432 38,465,722
2016 28,491,094 4,929,344 280,406 416 33,701,260
2017 24,351,523 4,261,918 225,949 445 28,839,835
2018 21,982,727 3,884,695 186,001 414 26,053,837
2019 20,778,995 3,734,399 175,344 478 24,689,216
2020 18,941,774 3,572,152 140,087 510 22,654,523
2021 17,551,772 3,225,410 127,901 716 20,905,799
2022 15,675,775 2,953,060 106,426 691 18,735,952
2023 13,233,236 2,404,543 102,080 563 15,740,422
Total Number of Meters
2014 126,536,682 16,987,028 741,763 3,499 144,268,972
2015 131,864,192 18,119,154 828,151 2,268 150,813,765
2016 132,359,487 18,123,444 846,756 2,732 151,332,419
2017 133,151,163 18,135,075 821,495 2,541 152,110,274
2018 134,846,454 18,409,086 810,396 2,615 154,068,551
2019 137,069,095 18,745,913 829,501 2,843 156,647,352
2020 138,979,919 19,112,835 805,799 2,914 158,901,467
2021 141,358,932 19,706,350 847,984 3,422 161,916,688
2022 143,209,994 20,046,655 838,809 3,443 164,098,901
2023 145,000,316 20,217,664 1,013,477 3,718 166,235,175

Prior to 2010, the count was the number of customers, not number of meters.
Starting in 2013 Standard (Non-AMR/AMI) meter data was collected on the EIA-861.
This data is not collected on the EIA-861S.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report." Form EIA-861S, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form)."