M.E.D. data speed-up
Consumers’ inquiries to the Municipal Electricity Department will be answered more quickly — by a machine — in about 15 months. The M.E.D. is moving towards a system of computer billing whic' will include visual-display units for consumers’ questions. Inquiries will still be handled by staff. Billing will seem much the same for consumers, according to the General Manager (Mr J. P. Shelley). Meter readers will take readings and present the bills. The computer system was recommended yesterday by the City Council’s public utilities committee. It will cost $63,214 to set up and $95,94r p.r year to run. But there could be off-setting savings of $83,000.
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Press, 8 July 1976, Page 34
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