An EnergyMeter object is an intelligent meter connected to a terminal of a circuit element. It simulates the behavior of an actual energy meter. However, it has more capability because it can access values at other places in the circuit rather than simply at the location at which it is installed. It measures not only power and energy values at its location, but losses and overload values within a defined region of the circuit.


The operation of the object is simple. It has several registers that accumulate certain values. At the beginning of a study, the registers are cleared (reset) to zero. At the end of each subsequent solution, the meter is instructed to take a sample. Energy values are then integrated using the interval of time that has passed since the previous solution.