Tag: smart meters
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Smart Meters Steadily Spread Across United States
According to a report from the Institute for Electric Efficiency, one in three American housholds now have smart meters, a number set to jump by 2015. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling. …
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China’s Smart-Grid Play: Ready To Take Off?
China plans to invest more than $400 billion in the smart grid in the next five years, making it a world leader, an analyst says.
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Smart Meters Get Chilly Consumer Reception
Consumers are “less than enthusiastic” about smart meters, a new survey shows, although they remain interested in tools that might reduce energy consumption.
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Smart Meter Use Yields ‘Modest’ Savings
Real-time energy use feedback leads to generally modest savings, but researchers hope their study will help make smart meters more effective.
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Grid Modernization Efforts: 5 Million Smart Meters
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that more than 5 million smart meters have been installed nationwide in the effort to modernize the Nation’s electric grid. More…