The bulk of the order is for iConA home electric meters that costs $98 each - $65 for each meter, plus $25 for a remote connect-disconnect switch and $8 for a device so it can connect to a home's wireless network.
The contract shows EWEB agreed to pay more than $9.6 million for about 89,230 electric smart meters of various models plus additional hardware.
The system includes tens of thousands of electric and water meters, software and communications equipment. Under the lengthy contract, EWEB agreed to pay Sensus $20.2 million for a new smart meter system, also known as advanced metering infrastructure. Ironically, EWEB in February had provided The Register-Guard with an unredacted copy of the contract that disclosed the details after the newspaper requested the document under the state's public records law. In issuing the temporary restraining order last week, Lane County Circuit Court Judge Charles Carlson judge ordered EWEB to make its case during a May 15 hearing about why the details of the contract with Sensus USA should be made public.
A Lane County judge has temporarily barred the Eugene Water & Electric Board from releasing pricing details of its "smart" meter contract that the manufacturer argued in a lawsuit are trade secrets exempt from public disclosure.