The smart grid is the next generation of the utility framework that converges utility providers, telecommunications infrastructure and information technology. Striving to take the utility delivery ...

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Most of us would never intentionally bring something unsafe into our homes. That's why we research new products before buying them. None of us wants to look back and think we exposed ourselves or our ...

Smart meters are key parts of the smart-grid power-distribution networks now being rolled out internationally to achieve economic and environmental benefits. Traditional energy meters are mechanical, ...

While consumers could stand to save money with the elimination of estimated bills, Ofgem anticipates that the smart meter installation programme beginning in 2014 could cost upwards of £11 billion -- ...

In response to the smart meter decision document published today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Zoe McLeod, energy expert at Consumer Focus, said: ‘We welcome this announcement today.

Cybersecurity researchers have developed an automated program aimed at foiling smart meter hacking and boosting security in the smart grid. Smart electricity meters are useful because they allow ...

The number of New Brunswick households refusing the installation of an N.B. Power smart meter has ballooned to an estimated 17,000 — 10 times the rejection rate the utility told MLAs it was ...