What is Electrical Submetering(Power consumption meter)? Electrical submetering involves the installation power meters (also called power monitors, electrical meters, energy monitors, or consumption meter) that can measure energy usage after it reaches the primary utility meter. Submetering offers the ability to monitor energy usage for individual tenants, departments, pieces of equipment or other loads to account for their actual energy usage. The Benefits of Submetering: 1- Accurate energy monitoring, real-time energy consumption 2- Granular in-depth review of facility energy data 3- Better informed to make decisions that can help optimize energy performance 4- Ability to record actual energy usage (no estimates) 5- Comparison of usage across similar facilities over time 6-Ability to identify and eliminate wasted energy 7- Early access to maintenance issues for repair before critical equipment fails Tenant Submetering: In non-submetered commercial and residential buildings, tenants are typically billed on square footage of rented space. In this scenario, the landlord receives an electrical bill for the entire facility and bills each tenant based on the amount of space they rent. The problem here is that tenants are not billed based on consumption behavior, but rather they are billed based on the total consumption of the rest of the tenants. Tenant submetering allows each tenant to be billed only for the energy consumed within the rented space. Revenue-grade power meters are accurate enough to be used for billing purposes and can be installed at each tenant location. By holding tenants responsible for their personal consumption, they will be more likely to reduce their electricity usage habits and lower the buildings overall electricity consumption.