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Customer tank telemetry ROI Calculator

Use this calculator to estimate simple payback for customer tank telemetry. It helps gas suppliers compare hardware, installation, monitoring fees, avoided runouts, fewer emergency deliveries, better route planning, lower boil-off, and improved delivery utilization.

What this calculator does

  • Estimate payback for customer tank telemetry from installed system cost, annual delivery savings, and annual monitoring support cost.
  • Use it when evaluating telemetry for bulk tanks, microbulk vessels, dewars, CO2 tanks, LNG tanks, or remote customer gas storage.
  • The result estimates simple payback for tank telemetry.

Formula used

  • Net annual telemetry savings = annual delivery and service savings - annual telemetry support cost
  • Customer tank telemetry payback period = installed telemetry investment รท net annual telemetry savings

Inputs explained

  • Installed telemetry investment: Include sensors, gateway, installation labor, tank wiring, integration, commissioning, training, and customer setup.
  • Annual delivery and service savings: Use avoided runouts, fewer emergency deliveries, reduced short fills, route optimization, labor savings, and retained revenue.
  • Annual telemetry support cost: Include software subscription, data plan, battery replacement, calibration, maintenance visits, and support labor.

How to use the result

  • Use it to screen telemetry investments, route optimization projects, runout reduction, and delivery planning improvements.
  • It excludes financing, tax treatment, customer churn, avoided safety events, and detailed lifecycle cash flow unless those are included in the savings input.

Common questions

  • What is the customer tank telemetry ROI calculator for? It estimates payback for installing telemetry on customer gas storage tanks.
  • What information should I enter? Use installed telemetry cost, annual delivery and service savings, and annual support cost.
  • What does the result tell me? The result helps decide whether tank telemetry can justify capital or service spending.
  • When is the result only an estimate? It is only an estimate when route savings, emergency delivery cost, hardware cost, support cost, or customer retention assumptions change.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.