Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

Belgian grid operator Fluvius plans to install around 403,000 smart meters in solar-powered homes by 2025, when their use becomes mandatory. So far, the company has installed 553,500 smart meters ...

AMI 2.0 meters, on the other hand, are designed around utilities’ critical need to address the grid stress, customer expectations and regulatory pressures reshaping the energy landscape.

Peterson told the worker to come back the next day, and his digital meter was replaced with a new one on July 3, a Saturday. He installed his solar power system in the summer of 2009 through an ...

Home-area networks have always seemed like a solution looking for a problem. Did I really need to adjust the thermostat from my iPhone?

Smart meters could help strengthen Prince Edward Island's electrical grid, but none have been installed on the Island and it will take years after the work begins to complete the transition.

I'm trying to help the planet by getting solar panels, but EDF won't give me the new smart meter I need - and night-time tariffs are proving a nightmare ...

Solar panel households are being warned they don't need to upgrade to an expensive smart meter to avoid bill shock when the Solar Bonus Scheme ends, despite the option being pushed by the Baird ...

The £11 billion roll out has not been without its problems, for example, if an energy customer has a smart meter and changes providers, the new provider may have to install a new meter.

Endeavour Energy gets smart about better managing record numbers of residential rooftop solar systems, with not a solar export charge in sight. NSW smart meter program to soak up solar with ...

The landmark white paper, “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid”, revealing billions of dollars of taxpayer money has been misspent on ‘smart’ meters with federal stimulus funding, was walked in to ...