{"content":[{"text":"AMI FAQ’s","bbox":{"left":0.449804,"top":0.094432,"width":0.100325,"height":0.017727000000000007}},{"text":"What is an AMI meter?","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.133939,"width":0.18830200000000002,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"AMI stands for Automated Metering Infrastructure. It is digital electric, water, or gas meter \n equipped with wireless communication technology. The AMI meters collect usage data \n electronically daily as opposed to a monthly reading by a meter reader. The AMI meter \n transmits these readings remotely over a private, secure wireless radio network.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.171061,"width":0.729385,"height":0.070606}},{"text":"Why are the traditional meters being replaced?","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.263485,"width":0.385759,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"AMI meters represent a significant improvement over previous metering technology. These \n AMI meters will allow the City of Boerne Utilities to have better billing and consumption data. \n This will one day be available to customers as well.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.300455,"width":0.7463230000000001,"height":0.05212099999999997}},{"text":"Will customer account and usage information remain secure and confidential?","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.374394,"width":0.6369210000000001,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"Yes. City of Boerne Utilities is required to comply with all federal laws regarding the privacy, \n protection, and disclosure of personal and billing information.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.411515,"width":0.734883,"height":0.03363699999999997}},{"text":"Do AMI meters use radio frequency communications? Is it safe?","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.46697,"width":0.523007,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"Yes. They do use a radio frequency to send data from the meter to the utility billing \n department. All communication equipment used for the AMI system complies with federal \n licensing requirements and is considered safe. According to the California Council on Science \n and Technology, when installed properly and maintained, they result in much smaller levels of \n radio frequency exposure than many existing common household electronic devices, like cell \n phones, microwave ovens and baby monitors.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.50394,"width":0.7495099999999999,"height":0.107576}},{"text":"Radio Frequency (RF) fields from AMI meters have been studied and found to emit very low \n fields and then only intermittently. Any exposure to humans would be extremely small. There \n are no known adverse biological effects from these small fields. To provide some perspective, \n under typical operating conditions, an individual meter would transmit for approximately 45 \n minutes over a 20-year operating life. This should provide significantly less RF exposure than a \n single cellular phone call of the same length.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.633334,"width":0.754094,"height":0.10772800000000016}},{"text":"Will the communications system interfere with home equipment?","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.762879,"width":0.5371249999999999,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"All communications equipment used for AMI meets criteria set by the Federal Communications \n Commission (FCC). The AMI meter and system operates on its own frequency and should not \n interfere with any equipment inside a home or business.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.799849,"width":0.7574700000000001,"height":0.052122}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}