Metered versus Item-Based versus Non-Badged Service Points

There are three major categories of service points:

• Those where consumption is measured (e.g., electricity, gas, water) by a meter. We refer to these types of service points as metered. A metered service point may have zero or one meter installed at any instant in time. Over time, a metered service point may have many meters installed and removed.
• Those where consumption is not measured, but where there exists some type of badged (i.e., uniquely identified) item that impacts billing and dispatching (e.g., streetlights, a security camera). We refer to these types of service points as item -based. An item-based service point may have zero or one badged item installed at any instant in time. Over time, an item-based service point may have many badged items installed and removed.
• Those where one or more non-badged items (i.e., items without a unique identity) that have some impact on billing or dispatching exist. We refer to these types of service points as unbadged. At a single instant in time, a non-badged service point may have many unbadged items installed at it. Refer to Service Points With Multiple Items for an illustration of such a service point.
  Note:

  Multiple unbadged items can also be defined on metered and item-based service points. Under some billing scenarios, you may define non-badged items on a metered or item-based service point. For example, assume you have an item-based service point that exists to support lamp service. Also assume that the rate for lamp service is based on the type of lamp and the number of feet of electric wire between the pole and the power source. To define the number of feet of wire, you could create a non-badged item type called WIREFEET and indicate the number of feet on the item-based service point. On this service point, you can also keep track of the specific lamp that's installed.