Electric utilities are going through a transition in their relationships with customers. Once seen as the only players in town when it came to supplying electricity, they are now facing new challengers in the form of solar...
In 2009, the Obama administration’s $8 billion Smart Grid Investment Grant program helped spawn a wave of smart meter deployments by utilities. An estimated 98 million units were installed by the end of 2019, with the...
The use of smart meters around the world is continuing to ramp up. By 2030, the global smart meters market should reach $20 billion in revenue, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 4.9% from $13.1 billion in 2019...
For almost a century, electric meters served a single purpose: telling utilities how much power their customers had consumed. Over the last two decades, however, electric meters have transformed. The newest generation of...
The term “smart meter” has been used for a couple decades now. Such devices have been promised to boost grid responsiveness and enable customer participation in time-of-use rate plans that can reduce peak demand. However, as...
You’ve heard the claims: This product will save electrical energy! If you install this system, you’ll be the greenest person on the block and will never have to pay another electric bill! How do you sort through the claims...