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They’re called smart meters. And both Con Edison and NYSEG utility companies say they are a way for customers to keep watch on energy use and to save money. Con Edison said on its website it has ...

National Grid has announced it will begin installing smart meters to its more than 121,000 Buffalo-area customers beginning ...

SPRINGFIELD — Your electric meter will soon be able to communicate with you in real time. That means a warning if you are using more power, and spending more money, than you’d planned. This week, ...

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National Grid is starting to install new smart meters to customers in the Buffalo-area. The upgrade is part of the company’s push to modernize the grid. To date, National Grid has installed ...

New York State Electric & Gas customers in the Oneonta Division are having their meters upgraded to smart meters. The company will host informational open houses on Tuesday, June 3, in Norwich and ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — With temperatures going up, a lot of North Texans are turning their thermostats down. That, in turn, can drive our energy bills up. By now, most Texans have smart ...

Three leading utility meter manufacturers have joined forces to work on developing standards that will let their smart meters work in any British home's smart energy system. The Elster, Landis+Gyr and ...

Electric rates for most Connecticut utility customers could increase again as the result of a decision by the Public Utility Regulatory Authority to press ahead with an $855 million plan to replace ...

The state’s largest electric distributor may not start to install next-generation meters, which can cut monthly bills and prompt a faster response to power outages, at Connecticut homes and businesses ...