Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

CHAPTER 4. UTILITY LINES AND FACILITIES

Part 10. Requirements for Use of Advanced Metering Devices

Meter Security -- Data Disclosure

69-4-1002. Meter security -- data disclosure. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), a customer's energy use data is private and confidential and may not be disclosed by a utility, except as specifically required in subsection (3) or (4) or otherwise provided by law.

(2) Energy use data from an advanced metering device must be sufficiently secured so that the data cannot be intercepted by a person other than a utility.

(3) A utility may disclose aggregated energy use data that is anonymous.

(4) A utility shall make energy use data collected from an advanced metering device available to a customer or to a customer's designee upon request of the customer.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 179, L. 2019.