Vantage Direct Metering
Meter data you can settle on, the moment it’s measured.
Utility meter data runs a day behind, and it can be estimated or revised after the fact. By the time you see a peak, it’s already on your bill, and the number you bill or settle on can still change.
Vantage Direct Metering includes a dedicated, revenue-grade meter, installed by OBM, that streams live load from your site. Pair it with Vantage Insights or Vantage Settlements, and cost moves in real time too.
You’re running today’s site on yesterday’s data
Most large sites run on the utility’s meter read. It arrives a day behind, gaps get filled with estimates, and intervals can be revised after the fact. Every bill, settlement, and curtailment call built on that data carries the same gaps.
A day late is too late to act on a peak. An estimated interval is a hard number to defend to a customer, a tenant, or an auditor.
Vantage Direct Metering puts a dedicated meter on your site. Load streams continuously; the interval history is yours, and the utility doesn’t control any of it.
- Settle on it. A measured number your finance team and auditors can stand behind.
- See it live. Load streams continuously, so you see a peak while it’s forming, not a day later.
- Own it. An interval history that no utility estimate or revision can touch.
OBM Vantage Direct Metering Capabilities
Built to move money, not fill a dashboard
Most metering is built to feed a dashboard. This meter is built to the standard real money moves on, so your finance team and auditors get a measurement they can stand behind.
- Bill, settle, and audit: a measured number, not an estimate you have to defend
- Tenant submetering: a dedicated meter behind every hosting invoice
- Independent source: a record your auditors can work from
Live load, and a history nobody can revise
The meter streams load continuously. Pair it with Vantage Insights or Vantage Settlements, and cost moves in real time too.
- Live load: streamed continuously from the meter
- Your interval history: untouched by utility estimates and revisions
- Goes where you need it: Vantage Insights, Vantage Settlements, Foreman, or your own systems
Installed, monitored, and maintained by OBM
OBM manages spec, build, installation, and monitoring for the life of the unit. It’s built for where large loads actually sit.
- Three ways to connect: utility pulse output, OBM submetering, or a read-only SCADA or BMS feed
- Managed for life: spec, build, install, and monitoring handled by OBM
- Dedicated cellular: nothing rides on your site network
- Built for remote sites: West Texas dust and heat included
Who Direct Metering Serves
Large Power Users. Data centers and industrial sites get live load and a history of their own, so operations and finance share one number.
Power Suppliers. Put a meter on your largest customers’ sites and bill on what they actually used, never on the utility’s estimate.
Hosting Providers. Put a dedicated submeter behind every tenant invoice, so billing disputes start and end with the meter, not a guess.
For Miners. Foreman curtails on real site load, and every curtailment leaves a record of your own to check against the utility’s numbers.