October 1, 2018 In a statement, smart grid solutions firm Landis+Gyr says it is supporting PSE&G’s recently filed infrastructure upgrade in New Jersey. The plan is known as the Clean Energy Future and includes investing in smart operations to improve customer services, as well as to elevate New Jersey’s grid into the digital age. Investments […]
September 28, 2018 In the US state of Utah, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District partnered with Sensus to deploy advanced metering infrastructure to accurately bill consumers. Providing services to 18,000 metering points and supplying water to 625,000 residents, Weber Basin has to date installed 6,375 IPERL smart water meters as part of efforts to […]
September 28, 2018 Parks Associates has issued a new report analysing the US smart home market. Findings of the study include: Broadband households are buying additional smart devices as more purchase channels open to them 16% of broadband households own two or more smart home devices Smart thermostats are the best selling smart home category […]
September 27, 2018 The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) released a new report, “Data Analytics: Unlocking the Consumer Benefits”, which reveals what residential consumers want to know from their electricity providers about the energy usage data that’s been collected from their smart meters. With smart meters now installed at over 60% of US households, energy data […]
September 25, 2018 The US Department of Agriculture has announced $398.5 million in funding to improve rural electric service in 13 states. The funding is being issued through the Electric Infrastructure Loan Programme. Anne Hazlett, Assistant Secretary for Rural Development, said: “Reliable and affordable electricity is undeniably a necessity in today’s world.” The funding will […]
September 18, 2018 US utility Kansas City Power & Light has partnered with Tendril Orchestrated Energy to implement a demand response pilot. Tendril Orchestrated Energy is providing its smart thermostat demand management solution. The solution will allow KCP&L to add support for ecobee smart thermostats and enable existing ecobee users to reduce energy consumption during […]
September 12, 2018 US utility Arizona Public Service has announced its three new programmes designed to help consumers increase adoption and optimise clean energy resources. The three programmes Cool Rewards, Strong Rewards and Reserve Rewards provide consumers with incentives to adopt advanced technologies that would help improve management of solar energy resources. The programmes help […]
September 7, 2018 Energy Impact Partners has announced that it closed its fundraising efforts with up to $681 million to invest in cutting-edge energy technology companies. The EIP investment capital is comprised of $531 million in capital in its utility-backed Flagship Fund, as well as access to up to $150 million in debt from the […]
August 30, 2018 The results of a new survey have been released revealing consumer sentiment on IoT and connected home technologies. Notably, less than 20% of people surveyed feel like they have a good understanding of what the Internet of Things is, however, nearly 70% of consumers already own at least one IoT device. Nearly half […]
August 29, 2018 Today, we look at how energy management software firm Eliq is helping 200,000 UK metering points to optimise their energy conservation. The UK has 6 million homes on so-called prepayment meters. The phenomenon doesn’t exist in most European countries but is gaining traction in the US and other parts of the world. […]