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metering.com Amy Ryan, March 17, 2015 The first 100 residents to sign up to LBWD’s smart meter programme will receive free installation In the US, the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners in California has approved a smart meter programme, awarding the first 100 Long Beach residents to sign up for free smart water meter … Read more
Metering.com by Metering International February 11, 2015 The Washington Post recently reported that, while there are more than 50 million smart meters deployed across the United States, the technology itself is failing to live up to the high hopes that initially accompanied metering rollouts. The Big Question is: Why are the benefits of better power … Read more
metering.com Metering International, March 5, 2015 The US House of Representative’s Energy & Commerce Committee this week held a hearing with utilities, energy technology companies and research organizations to seek opinion on how America can transition towards a smart grid. The one-day session on March 4, ’21st Century Electricity Challenge: Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and … Read more
metering.com Amy Ryan, March 5, 2015 In Europe, German utility, RWE is seeking to invest in Israeli technologies to expand its global business and provide added value to its customers. RWE Israel Innovation general manager, Mickey Steiner, said that it was looking for to invest in ‘holistic management technologies’ that will facilitate the smart management … Read more
Forbes David Williams 2/25/2015 Americans deservedly take pride in our ability to tackle and surmount the most daunting technical challenges: the Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program, the Hoover Dam, the interstate highway system. These are among the engineering bold strokes we point to as evidence that anything is possible with the right application of American … Read more
Daily Signal David Kreutzer / @dwkreutzer / February 28, 2015 If you are sailing miles from shore and come upon the rusted prows of sunken ships, you can be sure that water is not that deep and it would be a good idea to change course. Australia is just the latest ship’s prow to warn … Read more
[php function=7] An update on Google Health and Google PowerMeter Google’s 2011 announcement on the retirement of the Google Power Meter Project USCL’s 2009 Proposal to Eric Schmidt on Power Meters Why Google’s Home-Energy Product PowerMeter Failed CBS MoneyWatch Last Updated Jun 24, 2011 7:04 PM EDT After failing to attract enough users, Google announced … Read more
Metering.com In the US, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has launched a programme to loan in-home display devices to its customers in a bid to provide them with the means to understand their home’s energy use and near-real time information and estimated energy costs. Residential customers with smart meters are eligible to participate in … Read more
metering.com February 16, 2015 One of the UK’s major energy suppliers British Gas has bought out connected homes technology company AlertMe. In the deal estimated at GBP65 million (US$100 million), the two companies aim to expand their foothold in the intelligent connected home market, said Nina Bhatia, commercial director for British Gas. Ms Bhatia said: … Read more
Tech Crunch Feb 2, 2015 Google-subsidiary Nest claims that the results of three studies based on longitudinal data show that its thermostat pays for itself in less than two years from savings from heating and cooling costs. The studies were funded and implemented separately by the Energy Trust of Oregon, Indiana-based utility Vectren, and Nest … Read more