AMI Upgrade ROI Calculator

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Tell us about your utility

Answer a few questions about your system. The more accurate the data, the better guidance the tool will offer.

How many water meters are in service?

Include the total number of residential, commercial and industrial water meters.

500000

Do you know your utility's annual water revenue?

Exclude fixed fees like connection and base charges.

Total annual water revenue$0.00

What percentage of water revenue is lost to apparent water loss?

Erroneous readings, data-handling errors, and unauthorized consumption such as theft.

30%

How many full-time-equivalent meter readers read the system?

Used to estimate routine & special meter-reading labor savings from AMI.

Your comparison approaches

We compare your baseline plan (what you'd spend anyway, staying on AMR) against the proposed AMI upgrade.

How many meters are in scope?

The number of meters this project covers (cannot exceed meters in service).

Baseline strategy if you keep relying on AMR

What you'd do regardless of supplier — spending that happens anyway.

Proposed approach for AMI Upgrade

The action recommended by Neptune, including AMI connectivity.

How many new gateways are needed to support the AMI proposal?

Fixed-network infrastructure for the AMI proposal.

Initial costs

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Quantity and Cost fields are fully editable — a few are pre-populated with ballpark costs to get you started.

Per-meter material & installation

Baseline: —

Proposed approach for AMI Upgrade: —

Quantity

Per-unit cost

Costs

Baseline meter

0scope

$0.00

Proposed meter

0scope

$0.00

Installation typically $50 per meter

0scope

$0.00

Proposed system-level (AMI network)

Quantity

Per-unit cost

Costs

Gateways

0gateways

$0.00

Gateway installation

0gateways

$0.00

Mobile data collectors, belt clips

$0.00

Total initial costs — Baseline$0.00

Total initial costs — Proposed approach for AMI Upgrade$0.00

Annual costs

Recurring per-year costs for each approach (software, warranties, network fees, etc.).

Quantity and Cost fields are fully editable — a few are pre-populated with ballpark costs to get you started.

Baseline annual costs

Actions	Item	Quantity	Per-unit cost	Costs
	Neptune 360 Software		$	$0.00
	Total annual cost			$0.00

Proposed (MACH 10 / AMI) annual costs

Actions	Item	Quantity	Per-unit cost	Costs
	Neptune 360 Software		$	$0.00
	Total annual cost			$0.00

Assumptions

Defaults come from Neptune testing, EPA data, and utility feedback. Adjust any value to match your system; results update live.

Meters & accuracy

Project horizon (years)

Typical meter type in service

Typical age of mechanical meters (yrs)

15 year average based on utility customer feedback. Can be adjusted per utility.

Annual accuracy reduction / yr (%)

Consumption at low flow < 0.125 gpm (%)

Meter-reading labor

Avg. hourly base pay of readers ($)

Annual payable hours per reader

Overhead cost for employees (%)

FICA taxes, benefits, support costs, etc. as a percentage of base pay

Meters needing a special read / yr (%)

Cost per truck roll ($)

Call center

Calls per year per customer

Calls attributed to billing issues (%)

Reduction in calls from AMI (%)

Avg. hourly base pay of CSR ($)

Calls handled per CSR per hour

Apparent water loss

Apparent water loss recoverable from AMI (%)

Your summary

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Advantage by the numbers	Baseline (stays AMR)	Proposed (MACH 10 + AMI)	Advantage
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Net project value	—	—	—
Payback period	—	—	—