McAfee says it will sign an informal agreement with a major European utility company to establish a set of privacy and security standards before the wider rollout of smart meters. The strandards will aim to help protect consumer data generated by smart meters in homes. It comes ahead of a Europe-wide plan to install smart meters Continue reading →
Should we be talking to consumers about smart homes instead of smart meters? That’s what a new study out of the UK seems to suggest. Scroll down for a quick peek at that report and three more we think you’ll find as interesting as we did. via Smart Grid: 4 reports in 4 minutes: smart meters, Continue reading →
Consumers are attracted to the ‘smart home’ applications that smart meters open up, according to a report by O2. A YouGov poll commissioned by O2, revealed 60 per cent of consumers felt the idea of a ‘home of the future’ with a range of controllable accessories made smart meters a more appealing concept. via Customers Continue reading →
A new Navugant study suggests that the market for ZigBee-enabled energy products is at a crossroads. According to the report devices based on ZigBee’s wireless communications technology have gained significant momentum in the energy sector over the past few years. “Some leading U.S. utilities have deployed ZigBee-enabled smart meters, and have encouraged customers to purchase Continue reading →
In the last few years, devices based on ZigBee, the wireless communications technology, have gained momentum in the energy sector. Some U.S. utilities have deployed ZigBee-enabled smart meters, and have encouraged customers to purchase home area network (HAN) devices that can connect to such smart meters for improved energy management. via ZigBee smart energy devices Continue reading →
The installation of digital “smart” meters affecting approximately 43,800 homes and small businesses in Allegan and Ottawa counties is scheduled to begin later this month, a Consumers Energy spokesperson told The Sentinel. The “smart” devices are supposed to be more efficient, help consumers optimize their electrical usage, expedite service teams to specific areas after power Continue reading →
The smart grid advancements underway at San Diego Gas & Electric, including the installation of 2.3 million smart meters and an advanced Outage Management System using real-time data from the smart meters, have recently earned the utility two national recognitions. Greentech Media, a national clean technology news and research website, has named SDG&E one of Continue reading →
The government’s vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the smart meters: SmartReach, Telefonica and Cable & Wireless. But IT industry insiders are Continue reading →
Power utility City Power on Thursday said it was finalising a programme for the roll-out and installation of about 250 000 smart meters for consumers in Johannesburg over a three-year period. The programme, of which the initial phase would focus on larger power users (LPUs), was expected to be completed in 2015. The utility’s MD Continue reading →
Estimated billing will soon be a thing of the past. SaskPower and SaskEnergy are moving ahead with the Advanced Metering Infrastructure project. The project involves exchanging the current electricity meter to a smart meter and upgrading gas meters with a natural gas module in Regina and area households. via SaskPower and SaskEnergy introducing smart meters Continue reading →
Sacramento Municipal Utility District said today that customers can use their Sacramento Public Library card to check out an “EnergyAware” device to monitor their in-home smart meters. With the plug-in device, SMUD said customers can monitor power use in real time and determine which appliances are using the most energy. via SMUD offering device to Continue reading →
Smart meters may seem like a big move for small districts. The average smart meter costs a customer $2 – $4 per per month during implementation and deployment, which can seem (initially) like a costly venture, requiring a lot of public persuasion. But more and more small and mid-size utilities are finding that upgrading their Continue reading →
The city of Johannesburg power utility City Power is to install smart meters to help it provide an efficient service. Sicelo Xulu, MD of City Power, said customers who use over 1000kwh per month will be provided with smart meters. “It means we can read those customers remotely. We do not have to send out Continue reading →
The deployment of smart meters combined with the growth of cloud computing infrastructure has created opportunities to build business models around the volume of emerging energy data. Estimates indicate that when smart meters are fully deployed, they will generate 1,000 petabytes of data a year, about five times the amount of data on AT&T’s network. Continue reading →
It’s a shorter list of smart grid wins this week, but certainly just as sweet for the companies you’ll see below and on page 2 where we’ve got a couple of M&A wins to tell you about. via Smart Grid: Smart grid wins: Deals this week cover transmission, smart meters and communications.
The European Union’s (EU) ambitious plan to rollout smart meters to 80 percent of its 500 million population by 2020 is not going well as hoped. Europe has enjoyed notable success with smart meters. In 2006, Italy became the first country in Europe to complete a national smart meter program after utility Enel conducted a Continue reading →
Meter readers may soon be going the way of the milk man. First Southern California Edison began changing its electrical meters to “smart” meters, which can be remotely read and controlled. Now water districts across Orange County are piloting technology that lets workers download water-use data just by driving through a neighborhood or by sending Continue reading →
First, it was Smart Meters. Now, it’s Advanced Meters coming to your home soon. Southern California Gas company is rolling out its new advanced meters with the schedule having them installed in Tulare County in early 2014. Gas company spokesperson Javier Mendoza said the Advanced Meter should not be confused with the electrical utility Smart Continue reading →
Half of the general public is still unaware of what smart meters are, according to a survey commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc). In the second ‘public awareness, attitude and experience of smart meters survey’, conducted by Ipsos Mori, 50 per cent of people in October 2012 had heard of smart Continue reading →
The ZigBee Alliance named Tobin Richardson as its new chairman and chief executive, replacing Bob Heile, who was named chairman emeritus and chief technologist of the group. With the passing of the torch, the group is poised for expansion in areas such as smart meters and China, said Heile in an interview with EE Times. Continue reading →
