Rates Planning Service Center Fifth Street Redevelopment Scam Calls Advanced Meters In Your Neighborhood Education Programs Rocky Reach Discovery Center Public Power Benefit Program Blog Home / Learning Center / Advanced Meters / Advanced Metering Fast Facts / Advanced Metering Fast Facts Similar to your existing electric meter, the new digital meter is installed on the outside of your home or business. Actual data transmission occurs in milliseconds, or 90 seconds or less per day. Many of your existing appliances and mobile devices, such as microwaves and cell phones, transmit far higher RF levels and often are much closer to you than a digital meter.