Small utilities find energy ‘smarts’ in the cloud

20. December 2011 · Comments Off · Categories: News · Tags: Austin Energy, energy metering, grid, Pacific Gas Electric, services

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Across the US, large utilities like investor-owned Pacific Gas & Electric and municipally operated Austin Energy have been working for several years to roll out smarter energy metering and advanced technologies designed to bring electricity services and operations into the 21st century.

Smaller community utility providers, on the other hand, can find it harder to deploy all the resources, money and manpower needed. But now, with the growing availability of cloud-based services for ever-more uses, many are finding ways to make the transition from a “dumb grid” to a smart one.

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