May 20, 2009 Martin LaMonica/ CNET News
Google has signed on smart-meter manufacturer Itron and eight utilities to offer Goo
gle's PowerMeter Web service for monitoring home energy use.
Google has signed on smart-meter manufacturer Itron and eight utilities to offer Goo
gle's PowerMeter Web service for monitoring home energy use.PowerMeter reads a home's electricity meter and gives the consumer a detailed readout of usage. The idea is that a better understanding of electricity usage--presented via daily trends and data on individual appliances--will help people figure out how to cut consumption.
Google's home energy-monitoring software relies on meters, or add-on devices, that can communicate usage information back to utilties. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google engineer Ed Lu said that the company is seeking to find more smart-meter vendors and utilities to offer PowerMeter.
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