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Smart meters are being touted as the best way for energy-users to monitor their behaviour and find ways to cut consumption and electricity bills. But as energy prices keep going up, meters might more likely be a cost-increase minimiser than an expense reducer. That could leave some utility customers even
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Entergy New Orleans is looking for customers who want to sign up for its SmartView test program. The program aims to place smart meters and other equipment in the homes of up to 7,400 qualifying customers in New Orleans. Entergy has expanded the pool of eligible customers to encourage
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How efficient can a smart grid be if it can’t “see” every part of the energy network? Wouldn’t that be the equivalent of cutting off the connection to some neurons in the human brain, which certainly wouldn’t seem a smart thing to do, from a being-able-to-walk, talk
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ViryaNet Limited, which provides software for mobile field service workforces, has released a pre-packaged meter services mobile workforce management solution, ViryaNet G4 Smart Meter. The solution developed on top of ViryaNet G4, the company’s flagship product. As worldwide demand for smart-grid technologies increases coupled with regulatory mandates for the
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Less than two years after beginning the installation of smart electric meters in the Houston area, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC has installed its one millionth meter. The company began installing Itron OpenWay smart meters in March 2009 and is on schedule to complete the installation of more than 2
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Radio-frequency (RF) exposure levels from one type of smart meter, even at close range, fall substantially below the protective limits set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the general public, according to a report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The report presents findings that serve as a
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Ongoing disputes in several US states indicate that the battle over smart meters is far from done. Fights are taking place over everything from the health-related safety of smart metering to the actual versus promised benefits of better insights into home energy consumption. Some of these areas of contention are,
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UK-based G4S Utility Services has been awarded a £500,000 contract to install gas data loggers for Gazprom Global Energy Solutions. These new installations will provide smart metering capability to a number of high street business brand names from the retail and hospitality sectors. G4S Utility Services has installed over
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A half-million smart meters have been installed across the Australian state of Victoria, and the rollout program has also helped to identify and repair about 3,500 previously existing electrical defects in homes. “In almost all cases this has been the first indication for customers that they have any problems,
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E.ON has announced plans to trial a new Smart Pay As You Go (PAYG) offering for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME), making it one of the first energy companies to offer this service. The new Smart PAYG offering has been developed with Secure Meters (UK) Limited to help business
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Tracking success in smart-metering is tricky because there are so many different paths that companies can take in this still-developing industry. While many firms focus on selling to utilities, others — like AlertMe — take the direct-to-consumer route. And while some smart-metering businesses are banking their futures on soup-to-nuts solutions, others opt
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Over the next 10 years, markets across Europe could spend up to $25 billion to meet mandates for deploying efficiency-boosting smart electricity meters. That spells a huge opportunity for technology companies with the right products, services and know-how. The winning firms will be able to respond quickly to meet not
