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Brighter Future For Interoperable Smart Meters And Energy Efficient Appliances

Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Hopes are growing that smart meters might start to live up to their billing as agents of increased energy efficiency, rather than smart meters just benefiting energy companies looking to lay off staff and charge people more quickly.
This week three leading smart meter manufacturers, Iskraemeco, Itron and Landis+Gyr, have agreed interoperability standards across markets in [...]

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Smart Meters in California; Stupid Meters In Scotland

Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Two press releases today illustrated the Jekyll & Hyde nature of smart meters: one US company trying to help consumers cut bills, whilst a Scottish company installs models only of benefit to itself.
Southern California Edison began the roll-out of 5 million new smart meters to all of their residential and small business customers this week, [...]

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Ford Gets Smart: Electric Cars Will Talk To Meters, Charge At Cheapest Rates

Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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One company actively pursuing the dream of intelligent use of smart meters is Ford.
Not content with pushing forward with bringing electric vehicles to the mass market, the American car company is pushing forward one of the key selling points of electric car technology to the next level. Not only is running a car on electricity [...]

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France To Charge Consumers For Saving Energy

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Ross.

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The French energy regulator has defied comprehension - as well as the European environmental agenda - by demanding that a tiny electricity management company must compensate power companies for the energy which it saves consumers.
Voltalis has brought a home energy management system to market which monitors and directly controls the electricity usage in the house, [...]

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Microsoft Hohm + Smart Meter = Energy Savings?

Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Energy-Saving News has been quite critical of smart meters in recent weeks, seeing them as providing benefits to utility companies rather than consumers and expressing concern over how easy is it to understand smart meters and act effectively on the data.
Microsoft seems to think that it has the answer. In part of its continuing ‘Anything [...]

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Smart Meter Bills Will Only Make Sense To Smart People

Posted on 20. May, 2009 by Ross.

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Complaints to energy companies about electricity bills will not be solved by smart meters - due to the extra levels of complexity in calculating the charges, they’re only likely to get worse.
Smart meters are very much in the spotlight at the moment, with governments and energy companies keen to install them in every household worldwide. [...]

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Who Benefits From Smart Meters?

Posted on 13. May, 2009 by Ross.

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The UK Government, like many others around the world, is steam-rollering towards the widespread installation of smart meters for utilities into 26 million homes, but who benefits more: the energy consumer or the energy supplier?
Consumers - Will Smart Meters Make A Difference?
The basic premise behind the drive for the installation of smart meters in homes [...]