Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) -- It takes just 10 minutes at your house, but the result is a huge change in the way utility companies gather your energy usage, how they bill you, and eventually change the way ...

One of the key ways we will realize a sustainable future is to optimize—and essentially reduce—our energy usage. Optimization starts with understanding how much energy we consume every day. And to ...

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Smart meters are key parts of the smart-grid power-distribution networks now being rolled out internationally to achieve economic and environmental benefits. Traditional energy meters are mechanical, ...

Get ready for a new acronym. Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is about to enter the mainstream lexicon of energy efficiency. Electric utilities worldwide are jumping on the bandwagon for AMI, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Last year, officials with Alliant Energy began a three-year transition from analog meters to smart meters for the utility's roughly 750,000 customers in Iowa. Alliant officials say the ...

Soaring energy prices are squeezing homes and businesses across the UK and Europe, prompting leaders to implement support measures such as the UK’s Energy Price Guarantee. Yet it is often unclear to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 ...

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Xcel Energy installed its first smart electric meter in Amarillo Monday morning as a part of a multiyear project to bring customers cleaner, safer and more reliable energy through advanced grid ...

Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 smart electricity meters around the state. These advanced meters will ...