Elster announced today that Tennessee ‘s Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) has selected the Elster EnergyAxis Smart Grid solution to deliver an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, delivering improved operational efficiencies and empowering its electric customers to better manage energy usage and lower energy costs. via Bolivar Energy Authority Selects Elster for Smart Grid Deployment – Continue reading →
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Ever wonder exactly how much energy is wasted when you stand in front of your open refrigerator, deciding which leftovers to have for dinner? What if you could tell whether your DVD player is adding to your power bill, even when you aren’t using it? That sort of knowledge about your home’s energy usage isn’t Continue reading →
Verizon (News – Alert) Wireless and Consert Inc., an intelligent energy load management company, have helped members of two Texas utilities—Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and Pedernales Electric Cooperative—to save as much as 17 percent on their power bills, according to early results of a pilot test. The two cooperatives, in partnership with the Lower Colorado River Authority, Continue reading →
Conserving energy and electricity is beneficial for consumers and companies, especially given the state of the economy, representatives from the University of Maine, utility companies, House of Representatives and researchers in academia and the private sector indicated during the University of Maine’s Haskell Energy Conference. via UM energy conference focuses on smarter consumption — Maine Business Continue reading →
Think you’re running an energy-efficient household? You better turn off that cable box. Digital video recording (DVR) set-top boxes burn through more electricity than an energy-efficient refrigerator, according to a new study by the National Resource Defense Council. The DVR set-top boxes can consume as much as 446 kilowatt-hours a year. The boxes are typically running Continue reading →
American Electric Power’s residential customers are apparently responding to higher gasoline prices by adjusting the thermostat. AEP, one of the nation’s largest power generators, reported last week that residential sales of electricity fell 4.6 percent in the first quarter as gasoline prices rose toward $4 a gallon. Milder weather also was a factor in the Continue reading →
All-new consumer research shows that electric utility customers will monitor their energy usage more frequently in the coming smart grid era, industry research firm Chartwell Inc. reports. A recently completed survey of more than 1,500 energy customers found that a clear majority – over 70% — monitor their energy usage on a monthly basis. When Continue reading →
Elster (NYSE:ELT – News) and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) today announced that the NHEC has selected Elster’s EnergyAxis® Smart Grid solution to improve operational efficiency and empower members with more visibility and control over energy usage. via Elster Powers Smart Grid Project for New Hampshire Electric Cooperative – Yahoo! Finance.
Empower Software, an energy portal company providing user friendly customer access to home energy management, and Rainforest Automation, a manufacturer of products allowing utilities and homeowners manage residential energy usage, plan to begin a smart grid partnership. The strategic partnership will provide direct access to household smart meter data in a way that engages the Continue reading →
Pulse Energy, a leading provider of energy management solutions, and Sierra Wireless NASDAQ: SWIR – TSX: SW have collaborated to deliver cutting edge cellular deployments that enable customers to more efficiently monitor and manage energy usage. via Pulse Energy and Sierra Wireless enhance energy efficiency with cellular solution to monitor and analyze energy usage.
How can domestic electricity customers be motivated to use energy more efficiently, let alone make more efficient use of renewable sources? One possibility is to install electronic meters to measure the electricity consumed. In the RESIDENS project, scientists are examining how to get the best out of smart meters by simplifying their use. via Smart Continue reading →
Worried that this summer is going to cost you in energy bills? ComEd has just rolled out a pilot program to help you with that in the future – or if you’re in one of the test communities, you could start seeing benefits now. Starting today, ComEd customers in nine Chicago-area communities will be able Continue reading →
Power users can now buy an innovative device that lets them see how much power they are consuming, either by checking a display in their home or by logging on to Google’s website. The battery-powered device, made by British company CurrentCost, clips on to the wire leading out of an electricity meter and measures power Continue reading →
IBM has announced it is working with energy consultant Hildebrand, who’s monitoring system enables real-time analysis of electricity usage. Hildebrand received EU funding for a 30-month research project to enable stakeholders from local authorities, private businesses and universities to study energy monitoring and its effect on human behaviour. The idea is that through real-time analysis Continue reading →
An Israeli company said it had developed a high tech, power-saving (OOTC:TCPW) method to monitor home electrical usage, appliance by appliance, and control them remotely. The Computerized Electricity System (CES), or smart grid, provides homeowners with real-time information about how many kilowatts of electricity the blender, refrigerator, stove or washing machine, or any other electrical Continue reading →
The UK’s largest energy supplier, British Gas, has announced that it plans to step-up its smart meters installation programme and get two million of the devices in-situ in their customers’ houses by 2012. British Gas say that this will allow more British households to take advantage of all the benefits that smart meter technology offers Continue reading →
npower is to launch the first smart-meter trial in Britain to offer a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) multi-energy service, providing customers with an innovative ‘single credit balance’ function and the ability to top up their credit directly via the in-home Customer Display Unit (CDU) or even via a text message. Designed for customers using npower’s PAYGO tariffs, Continue reading →
The 33,000 citizens of Erding, Germany, will benefit from the environmental advantages of GE smart grid technologies in a major step toward managing energy and water consumption. Stadtwerke Erding, the city’s public works department, is implementing a groundbreaking pilot installation that will consolidate and report data to homeowners on energy and utility usage, including electricity, Continue reading →
The smart grids are coming, and this elegantly designed box will be there to show you what an energy hog you’ve become. The box is called Vision, and it’s made by Tendril, a hot startup that’s developing its Tendril Residential Energy Management Ecosystem (TREE), a smart grid setup that lets you interact with your electric Continue reading →
As more smart meter deployments are planned for the American west, utility executives worry about how to effectively and efficiently collect and analyze the avalanche of data that will eventually be generated by the smart electric technology. Southern California Edison (SCE) has begun installing smart electric meters throughout the San Gabriel Valley, located east of Continue reading →
