BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In just a matter of weeks, many National Grid customers will start getting new smart meters installed at their homes or businesses. Officials with the utility company are ...

Talk of smart grid technology often revolves around how homeowners can reduce their utility bills by implementing smart meters on their homes. But focusing on such technology limits the understanding ...

Understanding the Smart Grid requires an appreciation of the interactions of multiple layers of control and communication. The best tool for understanding all the layers of complexity is the ...

The utility industry is one of the last industries to go digital as the advent of smart grid meter technology is bringing it into the modern age. A secure wireless network for two-way communication is ...

The traditional power utility's electrical network moves vast amounts of energy from power stations to a large number of customers (consumers). In essence, a power plant consists of a centralized ...

Smart Appliances: Smart grid technology will eventually provide real-time market rates, giving the consumer a choice of how and when to consume energy. The immediate advantage of this will be realized ...

Most residences and commercial buildings in the US use old-style electromechanical utility power meters to track electricity use. The meters are reliable and cheap but are inadequate for use by a ...

Solutions like smart metering and smart grids are aiding the improvement in the domestic distribution sector, an official said Monday ...

Burbank Water and Power officials on Wednesday prepped the public for the installation of new “smart grid” meters starting in May. Only eight residents gathered at Buena Vista Library on rainy night — ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to shift to a smart energy system, including a national smart grid, which should pave the way to a low carbon future that includes large wind farms, more efficient ...