Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In just a matter of weeks, many National Grid customers will start getting new smart meters installed at ...

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To the extent that the popular media understands the Smart Grid at all, it’s seen in terms of “smart meters” that are going to, say, let the utilities turn off consumers’ clothes dryers. Yet it really ...

Smart Appliances: Smart grid technology will eventually provide real-time market rates, giving the consumer a choice of how and when to consume energy. The immediate advantage of this will be realized ...

Get ready for a new acronym. Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is about to enter the mainstream lexicon of energy efficiency. Electric utilities worldwide are jumping on the bandwagon for AMI, ...

A smart grid is a communication and information technology (IT) system used for consumption, delivery, and generation of power. It uses two-way communication to develop an automated and widely ...

The utility industry is one of the last industries to go digital as the advent of smart grid meter technology is bringing it into the modern age. A secure wireless network for two-way communication is ...

Talk of smart grid technology often revolves around how homeowners can reduce their utility bills by implementing smart meters on their homes. But focusing on such technology limits the understanding ...

Electric utility providers PPL and Met-Ed have spent millions of dollars on smart meters installed on customers’ homes or businesses. They might have to spend untold dollars more on replacing some of ...

PROVIDENCE — In a unanimous vote last month, state utilities regulators approved a proposal to replace electric meters in Rhode Island with smart meters that supporters say will put the state on track ...