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.

Some savings you can only achieve with behaviour changes – like swapping energy-guzzling tumble drying, dishwashing, water heating, or car charging, to lower cost times. On the right plan, doing this ...

Rising energy costs have many homeowners looking for ways to manage their usage and lower their bills, and smart meters — which display real-time energy consumption—can be a useful tool in this effort ...

Smart meters reduce the cost of meter reading and make it possible to detect and respond to power outages quickly. Until recently, most U.S. households had mechanical electric meters. Utility ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Over the course of the next few years, RG&E will be coming to every home in the Rochester region to replace the electric and gas meters. They’re changing over to smart meters, which ...

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 ...

DENVER — After seeing a smart meter on TV for another Xcel Energy story, Rick Negreann and his wife, Rae, realized they didn't have one on their home. They're lucky, because their nephew is a 9NEWS ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Grand Junction residents and visitors have expressed frustration with the new ‘smart meters’ scattered around the Downtown area. “We find it extremely, extremely ...