disclosed are apparatus and related methodologies for increasing functionality of gas metrology devices used in a supervisory control and data acquisition network by combining the collection of meter data with cathodic protection monitoring data in a single system . per present subject matter , cp monitoring data may be collected at individual metrology locations and combined with data otherwise bubbled up to scada data collectors for transmission to the network head end . cp data collection and transmission with the bubbled up metrology data provides a significant increase in the amount of cp data collected and offers the advantage of relatively earlier detection of cp installation related problems in addition to significant reduction in data collection costs .