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Smart meters: Smart, but not the same as a smart grid
(Photo by Wavy1 via Creative Commons) There’s been much buzz about the potential of “smart grid” projects wherein people’s homes and businesses are outfitted with meters that let them know the price of...
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Will smart meters change consumer habits? Early indicators say yes
(Photo by PGE via Creative Commons) As smart meters enable utilities to vary the price of electricity throughout the day, will consumers change their patterns of energy use in response? If pilot...
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From Chicago to small towns, spreading the smart grid gospel
Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation grantees tour Ameren facilities in downstate Illinois. (Photo courtesy ISEIF) The smart meters being delivered to Illinois homes under the state’s 2011...
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Flip of a switch could cut power for Ohio utility’s customers
Photo by Mark Florence via Creative Commons. An Ohio utility wants state regulators to let it disconnect some delinquent customers from electric utility service without any in-person visit to their...
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Groups pursue time-of-use electricity pricing in Illinois
(Photo by daniel via Creative Commons) Energy prices are at their highest at times of peak demand – hot summer afternoons or evenings as people get home from work. That’s when extra power plants are...
View ArticleDespite court setbacks, Michigan smart-meter opponents ‘not going away’
Michigan activists continue to face a series of legal, regulatory and legislative setbacks in their effort to stop the broad distribution of smart meters by major utilities. The Michigan Court of...
View ArticleDo smart meters cut CO2 emissions? Chicago utility agrees to find out
©2016 E&E Publishing, LLC Republished with permission By Peter Behr Chicago's Commonwealth Edison has agreed to test whether customers with smart electric meters use less power and cause less...
View ArticleIllinois utility gets green light to expand smart meters to all customers
An Illinois utility’s plan to accelerate and expand deployment of smart meters won approval from state regulators Thursday. The Illinois Commerce Commission voted unanimously in favor of allowing...
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Michigan, Illinois lead the Midwest in smart-meter installations
The number of smart electric meters installed in homes, businesses and industries across the Midwest more than quadrupled between 2010 and 2015, according to an analysis by Midwest Energy News of...
View ArticleIllinois advocates, utility seek to quantify emissions benefits of smart meters
An experiment is underway in Illinois to answer a fundamental question about power grid modernization efforts: Does a smarter electric grid mean a cleaner one? Utilities and grid operators across the...
View ArticleSurvey finds growing awareness of smart grid programs but still low...
U.S. energy consumers are increasingly aware and broadly supportive of the smart grid, but relatively few of them participate in most smart-grid related programs and products, according to a study...
View ArticleNavigating smart meter privacy a challenge for smart grid innovators
As smart meter usage expands, so do questions about the ways utilities and other companies can harness energy data to advance grid technology. Advocates say smart electricity meters, working in turn...
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