9 Gas, electric and water meters and parts thereof; temperature compensator for a gas meter for control of fluid and gas pressure and flow; metering valves for control of fluid pressure and flow, and parts thereof; software for smart grid electric utility applications, namely, for energy load management and control, energy demand management and control, automatic meter reading and control, electric grid monitoring and control, electric power outage management and control, electric grid fault detection, isolation and response, electromagnetic interference detection, analysis and response, electric grid security monitoring and control, electric grid preventive maintenance, and management of electric grid operation services; computer hardware and electrical grid devices in the nature of voltage transformers, load tap changer controllers, circuit breaker controllers, capacitor bank switches, recloser controllers and voltage regulators for use in smart grid electric utility applications, namely, energy load management and control, energy demand management and control, automatic meter reading and control, electric grid monitoring and control, electric power outage management and control, electric grid fault detection, isolation and response, electromagnetic interference detection, analysis and response, electric grid security monitoring and control, electric grid preventive maintenance, electric grid operation services; metering devices, namely, single phase and polyphase electricity meters; communications devices, namely, radio transceiver modules for 900 MHz, FHSS, GSM, 1xRTT, LTE and ZigBee, POTS modem and Ether net; and software for use with gas, electric and water meter management to enable smart grid functions and assist with demand response, peak demand reduction as well as other advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) or automated meter reading (AMR) applications; software for smart grid network management, smart grid device management and data collection; automated meter reading apparatus, namely, transponders and radio transceiver modules for electronic controlling and counting, logging and transmitting energy consumption data and status alarms, portable handheld and vehicle-based mobile programmers and interrogators for configuration of, and collecting data from, transponders and radio transceiver modules; plastic mechanical valves and regulators for metering and controlling the flow and pressure of gases, fluids, and parts thereof