Following on from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis last March, Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to roll out domestic smart meters in the autumn next year. In total 27 million installations will occur by 2022, as smart meters ...
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South Korea is planning a 14-fold increase in the number of smart meters it installs,as it announced the roll-out of smart meters to half of its homes by 2016. The country,which relies on imports for most of its energy supplies,is rolling ...
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Charles Hendry today made a speech to the Business School at the University of Edinburgh.In it he stated that the security of UK energy is being challenged by: Declining domestic production,making us vulnerable to energy ...
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J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services company, has today released results from its 2012 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM. The survey shows that businesses with smart meters (16% of those ...
The edited verbal report from yesterday's House of Commons proceedings about Energy and Climate Change questioned the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change(Chris Huhne)about the smart meter roll out. Huhne stated:"...The total ...
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A survey in the USA – the SGCC Consumer Pulse Study – has found that although smart grids and smart meters will save consumers money, energy consumers are often unaware of other benefits that smart grids will bring. The ...
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On 20th January Energy Minister Charles Hendry sent a letter regarding smart meters to The Daily Mail. An extract from the letter is below: The Government is determined to see consumers benefit from the introduction of smart ...
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The UK Government published the'Preparations for the roll-out of smart meters'today.The report,which contains six key conclusions and recommendations,can be viewed on the UK Parliament's website. Following the release,eMeter have today ...
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"It's time to get moving"on the smart meter roll-out,according to the Executive Vice President of US smart grid technology firm Silver Spring Networks,Eric Dresselhuys. The warning comes ahead of the UK's plans to install 53 million smart ...
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San Diego Gas&Electric(SDG&E)trialled an energy efficiency programme using smart meters,from September 1st to November 30th,2011.The results of their trial resulted in savings of more than double amongst the participants. Participants ...
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The government has today revealed fresh details on how it plans to manage the national roll-out of smart meters, confirming that it will launch a new Central Delivery Body to help tackle privacy concerns and ensure consumers embrace the ...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change dodged a banana skin by topping the list The Environment Agency has published its first Energy Performance League Table ranking 2,000 CRC organisations according to how they manage their energy ...
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A new,high-tech utility meter is inflaming passions around the Bay Area.Now PG&E Corp.is trying to tamp down growing regional opposition to its$2.2 billion meter upgrade—but is failing to mollify many local critics. PG&E,through its ...
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British Gas has begun rolling out smart meters to its UK customers.The energy provider plans to install the devices in 10 million homes.Users will be able to monitor the cost of their electricity and gas consumption in real time,and ...
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Landis+Gyr,the world's largest smart meter solutions provider,today announced it has been selected by CPS Energy,the largest electric and natural gas municipal utility in the U.S.,to deploy Landis+Gyr's Gridstream smart grid solution for ...
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