Public Financing Considerations for AMI

| By David J. Clamage

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is a popular topic today. Infrastructure in general is equally popular as we look for ways to repair and improve the aging and ailing systems that power American life. In November 2021, just in time for Thanksgiving, H.R.3684 – the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – was signed, providing $550 billion in new spending including about $50 billion over five years for drinking water and wastewater spending at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill mentioned “water” no fewer than 785 times in 1,039 pages of text. Less than a year later, in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act was also signed into law and mentions “water” 35 times.