Smart Energy News

Metering.com 18 MAY 2016 The US government announced it will allocate US$37.5bn to fund energy and water programmes in 2017. The funding will be channelled to accelerate the growth of the two sectors through the department of energy, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Bereau of Reclamation as from the last quarter of … Read more

metering.com 16 MAY 2016 A new survey by the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative has found US consumers to be highly knowledgeable about smart energy technologies. The level awareness includes consumers highly knowledgeable about solar panels and the ability of smart energy technologies to be controlled remotely for a system’s reliability and efficiency. In a press … Read more

metering.com 13 MAY 2016 Glendale Water and Power (GWP) received an award at CS Week for its customer engagement programme aimed at digitising its services. The utility providing water services to some 33,744 customers and 88,100 electric consumers in Glendale, California was awarded the 2016 CS Week Expanding Excellence Award in the “Best in Mobility … Read more

Metering.com 12 MAY 2016 In the US, power utility Pacific Power signed a contract with smart energy network provider Silver Spring for the rollout of an advanced metering project in Oregon. The agreement will allow the solutions provider to deploy its technology Gen5 IPv6 for a two-way communication of the advanced metering infrastructure. In a … Read more

Metering.com 29 APRIL 2016 Starting from 15 billion devices at present, the world will see 50 billion devices connected with each other through the Internet of Things (IoT) by the end of 2020. The global IoT market is in fact predicted to increase from US$665.9 billion to US$1.8 trillion in 2020, as per a report … Read more

Metering.com 27 APRIL 2016 Smart Grid US power utility DTE Energy upgraded its energy efficiency tool ‘DTE Insight’ to help consumers reduce their power consumption and electricity bills. The new feature allows customers to use the DTE Insight app to set an energy budget target, monitor their energy efficiency targets through access to daily, weekly, … Read more

Fox News April 04, 2016 Solar-energy company SunEdison plans to file for bankruptcy protection in coming weeks, a dramatic about-face for a company whose market value stood at nearly $10 billion in July. The company is preparing a chapter 11 filing and is in talks with two creditor groups to obtain a loan to fund … Read more

Reuters BY AMRUTHA GAYATHRI AND ARATHY S NAIR | Mar 29, 2016 Solar panels of local mining company CAP are seen in the Atacama Desert June 5, 2014. REUTERS/FABIAN ANDRES CAMBERO U.S. solar energy company SunEdison Inc (SUNE.N), whose aggressive acquisition strategy has saddled it with almost $12 billion of debt, is at “substantial risk” … Read more

Metering.com 16 MARCH 2016 Smart Meters US energy regulator Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved Duquesne Light’s proposal to implement a time-of-use (ToU) rate pilot. Up to 150,000 of the utility’s 588,000 residential metering points in Allegheny and Beaver Counties will be used in the pilot. The programme is set to kick-start on the … Read more

Metering.com March 14, 2016 Internet of Things Huawei is reported to be launching an operating system for the Internet of Things that will be used to power smart home devices, connected vehicles and wearable tech. This move marks Huawei’s entry into the Internet of Things. The Chinese networking and telecommunications giant predicts that in less … Read more