Pulling data from power meters, is kinesis right for me?

I am trying to pull data from power meters to create an energy efficient app. I have to pull data every second from the power meter to display real time data for users. Currently I am using my application server to do it and I am experiencing data loss. I talked to an amazon solutions expert and he recommended me to use Kinesis. Upon further research, I find that Kinesis requires the data to be pushed in and I would need to add an extra layer (another app) to do this.

Is kinesis right for me? Or should I be looking at other services?

Any help is much appreciated and thank you very much in advanced.