Global water utilities can now leverage the latest in intelligent water system management with the introduction of the Sensus iPERL™ smart metering endpoint for markets outside of North America. This version of the iPERL sets a new standard in efficient water measurement and low flow accuracy and unlocks the full potential of smart water networks Continue reading →
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E-Mon, the electric submetering market leader and manufacturer of the widely installed E-Mon D-Mon® product line, announces the availability of four new Smart Meter Class devices. E-Mon’s new smart meters offer built-in communications, advanced energy information — including 38 metering parameters — and expanded communications functions. In addition to recently completing requirements for UL/CUL listing, Continue reading →
Two first-of-a-kind projects in Pennsylvania are trying to replace power generation with power reduction to balance the grid. If they can turn lots of equipment down with the accuracy and speed necessary to match the big natural gas-fired turbines that do the job today, they stand to make a good deal of money at it, Continue reading →
Smart meters have been installed in nearly every home and business for the city of Liberty which has brought improved bill accuracy while still protecting privacy. City officials borrowed $3 million to purchase the electrical and water meters, according to Gary Broz, city manager. The system is expected to be paid off within three to Continue reading →
New smart meters are much more accurate than the older dial meters they replace – that according to the results of a four-month long study. The study by Navigant Consulting (PI), an independent consultant hired by the Public Utility Commission (PUC), revealed an accuracy rate of 99.96-percent for smart meters, compared to 96-percent from traditional meters. Continue reading →
After a four-month study of the controversial smart meters, the Public Utility Commission says those meters are more accurate than the ones they replace. In the independent testing of more than 5,600 smart meters, results showed an accuracy rate of 99.96 percent. By comparison, a 96 percent accuracy rate was revealed in the test results Continue reading →
CenterPoint Energy has received the results of independent tests that verify the accuracy of its smart electric meters. Earlier this year, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) requested the tests be performed on all smart meters being installed by utilities across Texas after consumers in some parts of the state expressed concerns about the Continue reading →
Itron Inc. (ITRI 61.36, +0.81, +1.34%) announced today that a recent study, requested by Public Utility Commission of Texas and performed by Navigant Consulting LLC, confirms the precision measurement of OpenWay smart meters. Of the thousands of meters examined during the test, all were found to be accurate by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. Continue reading →
Oncor Electric Delivery says smart meters do not have a problem working with solar power, despite what a Plano customer says he was told. Dan Peterson said an Oncor supervisor told him his smart meter was replaced because of a widespread problem. “They told me they were replacing all of the smart meters that were Continue reading →
Pacific Gas & Electric’s new smart meters have been disastrous. There’s evidence that PG&E didn’t fully test the meters before rolling out the installation for millions of customers. Ratepayers have been shocked by dramatic billing spikes after they received the new meters. Still, PG&E soldiers on, installing more and more of them. So San Francisco’s Continue reading →
People in Oakland are coming together to say they don't want Pacific Gas and Electric to install its new smart meters – which have drawn some criticism for their accuracy. The Manzanita section of Oakland is fighting what PG&E says is the inevitable removal of old electric meters for smart ones, but at least 50 residents aren't sure Continue reading →
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric has released a report acknowledging that thousands of its smart meters have had technical problems and that its customer service has been insufficient. The company has been the source of ire by customers in California who have complained that their utility bills went up after the two-way digital meters Continue reading →
After the first week of state ordered independent testing of smart meters, the Texas Public Utility Commission said Friday that initial results on 1,400 never before installed devices showed they met industry standards for accuracy. via 1,400 smart meters passed first independent tests | wfaa.com | Consumer.
About 1,400 smart meters tested by an independent lab this week all met industry standards for accuracy, the Public Utility Commission of Texas said Friday. The testing was done before the meters are delivered for residential installation by Oncor, which serves North Texas, and CenterPoint Energy, which serves the Houston area, the commission said. The Continue reading →
California’s largest utility came under fire from state lawmakers Monday for billing practices associated with its “smart-meter program,” which has generated nearly 1,000 customer complaints to regulators. Members of the state Senate took Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to task over the 3-year-old initiative, which uses electronic data, rather than meter readers, to determine customers’ Continue reading →
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) Helen Burt, senior vice president and chief customer officer, yesterday offered comments to a California State Senate panel to support its contentious SmartMeter program and, in a new development, acknowledge that some of its meters have not been functioning properly. In her comments to the Senate, Burt noted that Continue reading →
State lawmakers will hold a hearing Monday on PG&E’s controversial smart meters. The electronic devices are meant to save customers money but some Valley homeowners claim their bills have gone through the roof after having the meters installed. State Senator Dean Florez will lead a 9 a.m. hearing Monday in Sacramento investigating smart meters and Continue reading →
Last October, Louie Valdivia watched the men from Pacific Gas & Electric remove the old meter from his house and replace it with a new SmartMeter. They were there and gone in 15 minutes. A month later, his electricity bill arrived. The amount — $1,268 — knocked him backward. Surely, this was a mistake. The Continue reading →
The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced on Thursday its plan to carry out a multi-pronged evaluation process for the independent testing of smart meters installed in the Texas competitive retail electric market. This action follows Oncor Electric Delivery’s announcement last week that it had incorrectly installed more than a thousand smart meters in central Continue reading →
News last week that some of PG&E’s SmartMeters do have a flaw – some of the wireless units fail to transmit use data, so the utility uses estimates to prepare the electric bill – continues to cast doubts on how PG&E is handling the rollout of the new Smart Grid technology. More fundamentally, it raises Continue reading →
