According to your calculations... you're saving 1.3 million dollars PER MONTH minus the cost of the meters. I don't have the time to research the cost of these idealized meters, but I'm sure over a 10 year life-span (or more) the savings incured by not having to hire a person to read each meter would far outstrip the cost of replacing the meters.
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According to your calculations... you're saving 1.3 million dollars PER MONTH minus the cost of the meters. I don't have the time to research the cost of these idealized meters, but I'm sure over a 10 year life-span (or more) the savings incured by not having to hire a person to read each meter would far outstrip the cost of replacing the meters.