Customer acceptance of the new Automated Meter Reading units that will provide Cleveland Utilities with cost savings, quicker response to isolated power outages and the ability to bill based on TVA’s new time-of-use rates is going smoothly, according to local public utility leaders. via Cleveland Daily Banner – Meter installations get customer nod.
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Cleveland Utilities electric crews and a contractor have installed more than 4,990 Automated Meter Reading units in a conversion expected to take three years before all 30,000 residential and commercial meters have been set. The so-called SmartMeters — which bear this nickname because of their compatibility with the national high-tech Smart Grid electric system and Continue reading →
A new generation of electricity meters is getting a test drive in central Ohio. For more than a year, about 110,000 local customers have been using “smart meters,” devices that allow two-way electronic communication with American Electric Power. The project, set to run until 2013, is one of the largest of its type in the Continue reading →
We’ve documented both the divided and the devoted approaches to consumer data privacy in this space and we’ve noted the myriad reasons various ratepayers have given for rejecting smart meters. In looking at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) docket on consumer privacy, data access and cyber security, a pattern emerged that I think Continue reading →
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced more than $3.2 million in federal funds for two Ohio smart grid workforce training programs. The funds, distributed through the U.S. Department of Energy, will be used to train electrical engineers and other members of the industry in the development and application of smart electrical grid technology. “Through our Continue reading →
