Correction: Smart meters story

In stories sent May 4 and May 5 about smart meters, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a Commonwealth Edison brochure advises customers that a real-time pricing program might be inappropriate for those without electric heat.

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'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use

Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill.

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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District on Tuesday scored $127.5 million in federal stimulus funds to install "smart meters" in every home and business in its territory – the first step in giving local consumers real-time, online information about their energy use.

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Wirelessly-connected smart grids are often heralded as the solution to our electricity-devouring ways, and now an IBM pilot project in North Carolina has proven that a grid equipped with smart meters (digital meters that record power usage in real time) can save businesses and ho …

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This week, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District is set to take its first step toward what promises to be the most significant development in electricity in a century: the "smart" grid.

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Every home in the UK must be fitted with a "smart meter" by 2020 to reduce energy use and pave the way for a low-carbon "smart grid", under plans unveiled by the government today.

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Not everyone thinks smart meters are such a smart use of money.

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Over time, more sophisticated "smart meters" will appear citywide, replacing today's balky pay-station kiosks that require drivers to walk back to their vehicles to place a time-stamped payment stub inside the windshield. You can of course bid a nostalgic farewell to the decades …

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The regulated power line company says the meters can collect so much data about how customers are using electricity that most customers can trim their usage about 5 percent. That's enough to cover the monthly meter fee.

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good move for savers

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