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.

Smart meters provide detailed information so a customer can make choices about how and when to use energy and save money, according to Con Edison.

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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...