POWER METERING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF DISPLAYING READING DERIVED FROM THE SAME

A metering apparatus (100) installed to a distribution network of a consumable commodity comprises a plurality of sensors (110) capable of real-time measuring consumption data of the consumable commodity used by a plurality of recipients (120) located in a single building that each sensor (110) is responsible for measuring consumption rate of one recipient (120) of the consumable commodity and the measurement is acquired as analog signal; a processor (130) connected to the plurality of sensors via a signal processing unit (140), which process and convert the analog signal to digital signal, to obtain the measured consumption data for analysis through instructions from one or more software applications; a storage device (150) in communication with the processor for recording information of the analysis and providing the recorded information to the processor upon request; a display unit (160), which is in communication with the storage device (150) and/or the processor (130), shared and accessible by more than one user of the recipients (120) allowing the user to acquire information of the analysis; and an input means (170) receiving input from the user to command the processor (130) to perform task through the one or more software application; wherein the instructions of one or more software applications are used for consumption data recording, signal processing, automated metering, theft detection, demand management or any combination thereof and the common display is able to simultaneously show analysis information and/or reading of the automated metering of at least two recipients. The home users can connect to the processor to view web-based energy consumption data etc. The processor has the software modules to process signals, ID sensor and privacy module to determine "private" and public views.