Utility device management

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a utility processing apparatus of a utility apparatus, that the utility processing apparatus requires configuration data to interact with at least one of a metrology apparatus associated with the utility processing apparatus and a network apparatus that is associated with the utility processing apparatus;
• detecting, by the utility processing apparatus, a removable utility identification module that is in communication with the utility processing apparatus, the utility identification module storing configuration data required by the utility processing apparatus to interact with at least one of the metrology apparatus and the network apparatus;
• receiving, by the utility processing apparatus and from the utility identification module, the configuration data;
• and
• interacting, by the utility processing apparatus, with at least one of the metrology apparatus and the network apparatus using the configuration data.

A system, comprising:

• a first end point in a utility network, the first end point having a utility identification module interface that removably receives a first utility identification module, wherein the first utility identification module stores data that is associated with a particular utility account, and wherein the first end point is configured to measure utility service utilization, associate the measure with data specified by the utility identification module that has been removably received by the first end point, and transmit the measures over a utility network;
• a second end point in the utility network, the second end point having a utility identification module interface that removably receives a second utility identification module, wherein the second utility identification module stores data that is associated with a same particular utility account as the first utility identification module, the second end point is located at a different geographic location from the first end point, the second end point being configured to measure utility service utilization, associate the measure with data specified by the second utility identification module, and transmit the measures over the utility network;
• a network management apparatus in communication with the first end point and the second end point, the network management apparatus being configured to receive the measures from the first end point and the second end point and associate the measures with the same particular utility account based on the measures being respectively associated with the data specified by the first utility identification module and the second utility identification module.