Tag Archives: Home Energy Monitoring

EcoFactor Teams Up With Oncor: EcoFactor will bring its home energy management service to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

Posted on July 8, 2010 by admin

Forget about empowering the customer with information or tailoring solutions to the individual — EcoFactor wants to do all the work on their end to help homeowners slash their energy use. EcoFactor is taking its award-winning home energy management system … Continue reading →

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San Antonio’s CPS has deal for ‘smart’ meters

Posted on June 25, 2010 by admin

Vikki Vaughan, San Antonio Express News CPS Energy customers soon will know immediately how much power they’re using, along with how much it costs. CPS has signed an agreement with the U.S. arm of a Swiss manufacturer so it can … Continue reading →

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Smart Grid Projects Cut Costs for Consumers, Utilities

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

@Texas Tribune by Kate Galbraith Earlier this month, Leigh Moore sat down at a computer and could see, for the first time, a bar graph of her electricity usage — detailed enough to allow her to pinpoint a 30 percent … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Hohn allows gretaer energy efficiency by providing consumption data

Posted on May 28, 2010 by admin

Microsoft, which launched the energy management online ‘dashboard’ Hohm last summer, has unveiled a new online tool that compares a house’s energy efficiency to others in the system. Hohm Score calculates a score from 1-100 – the higher the better … Continue reading →

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ONCOR, CENTERPOINT WILL INSTALL IN-HOME MONITORS FOR SMART METERS

Posted on April 16, 2010 by admin

Plan approved by PUC lets each company put in 500 in an effort to show tangible power savings. Two large electric delivery companies received approval from the Public Utility Commission today to outfit 500 homes each with monitoring devices that … Continue reading →

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‘Smart meters’ give customers usage info

Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin

Thousands of area residents with electric meters that transmit usage data wirelessly soon will be able to examine their power habits online. CenterPoint Energy, along with other distribution utilities and IBM, is expected to launch an online portal, www.smartmetertexas.com, this … Continue reading →

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Direct Energy, Gadget Group to Launch Energy Device

Posted on January 5, 2010 by admin

While 2009 was the year that startups, smart grid firms and venture capitalists decided to move into the home energy management market, 2010 could be the year that the consumer electronics players make their moves. Energy reseller Direct Energy and … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year! 2010 Outlook: How utilities will enable zigbee

Posted on January 1, 2010 by admin

Here’s an issue that I think will greatly effect startups building the next-generation of home energy management tools over the next couple of months: Many utilities won’t be turning on the wireless communication chips (most often the wireless standard ZigBee) … Continue reading →

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