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What technologies and apps go along with smart meters?

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One of the major potential benefits of smart meters is their ability to give consumers access to detailed data on their electricity usage via an in-home display or internet portals. In-ho…

What details do smart meters collect?

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Details will vary based on the technology but an example is that you will be able to see online usage reports as recent as the previous day. Residential customers will see usage in hourly incr…

What makes a smart grid different than today’s grid?

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Our electric system is more than 100 years old and although it has served us well, it needs upgrading. The energy industry is poised for a dramatic change. In the face of expanding customer ex…

What is the smart grid?

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The smart grid is the evolution of our current electrical grid, using new technology to optimize the conservation and delivery of power. All told, the smart grid promises to increase the effic…

Smart Grid: Where Power is Going

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A free infographic by SECC that aims to highlight visually energy and monetary savings and what they actually mean to consumers by showing how smart grid can increase the U.S. grid’s eff…

Separating the Facts from the Fiction about Smart Meters

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Is fact greater than fiction? When it comes to understanding the world around us, most of us would say yes. In this video, the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative reveals the truth about advan…

Top 10 Things Consumers want most from the Smart Grid

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What do residential electricity customers want from a smarter grid? A video developed from SECC's recent Consumer Voices interviews features real people from around the country explaining in t…

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