Comments on: Texas Utility to Spend $690M on Smart Meter Roll Out http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/ Sun, 26 May 2013 06:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Raj http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12639 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:48:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12639 Hello
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]]> By: bobbie http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12638 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:58:17 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12638 PLEASE DONT FORGET WHO STARTED ALL THIS in dallas.have anyone asked why, it all about money

]]> By: brady http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12637 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:06:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12637 I think it is bull shit I just built my house and payed 260 bucks 4 the old meter now low and be hold i have to pay 4 a new fucking meter to. just 1 more way 4 them to screw you. I mean UPS buys new trucks every year and we don’t pay more to ship our stuff. I personally think it is a huge rip off all they were doing was trying to find a way to save them money IE they no longer have to pay the guy to drive around and monitor the meters. So the will save millions and yet we still have to pay 4 it I payed 4 the last year on something i just got today. Nice this is a big ass scam on the electric providers part.

]]> By: zac http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12636 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:51:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12636 i like the idea of the smart meters, but if i do the math it looks like they are overcharging. the end number is about $930M charged to the customer, maybe they only charge you as they roll it out?

]]> By: Who Will Win Big In the Smart Meter Rollout? http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12635 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:45 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12635 [...] as soon as possible.” The company, which acquired Georgia-based CellNet-Hunt in 2006, is already working with Oncor and PG&E on smart meter [...]

]]> By: Henry Kiser http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12634 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:08:16 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12634 This technology is more likely to be used to increase your costs per kilowatt hour during peak usage periods than to reduce your costs during off peak hours.

]]> By: FAQ: Smart Grid « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12633 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:00:54 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12633 [...] million smart meters set to roll out to PG&E (those that GE isn’t providing). Earlier, it inked a four-year, $360 million contract with Texas utility Oncor, a $10 million deal with Idaho Power, and a $52 million deal with Arizona [...]

]]> By: John Spencer http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12632 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:38 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12632 I hope the smart meters are rolled out in my area. I am 100% for them if they give me a price decrease during off peak usage. I can easily direct a lot of my electric usage to off peak. For instance, my dishwasher has a feature (as do many now) that allows me to delay the start time up to 6 hours. That way I can have it run after 10pm for instance, off peak.

As for the cost, one of the articles said it would charge customers $2.35 per month for the meters for 11 years, so that is about $300. Once again, assuming off peak rates are substantially less, the payout will be immediate, meaning I expect that I could save more than the $2.35/month.

Hope these come to my area soon. Looks like Duke, my electricity provider, is doing it in other States, so hopefully it will come here.

Too bad it takes a non-US Company to build these. Where is our technical capability. These meters are simple technology.

]]> By: Landis+Gyr Inks Four-Year Smart Meter Contract With PG&E « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12631 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:48:40 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12631 [...] recently inked a four-year, $360 million contract with Texas utility Oncor, a $10 million deal with Idaho Power, and a $52 million deal with Arizona [...]

]]> By: JD http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/texas-utility-to-spend-690m-on-smart-meter-roll-out/#comment-12630 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:03:59 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2304#comment-12630 Smart meters are better than dumb meters, but think twice about yet another meter that offers no real time information and no way to convey real time information to your smart house.

This is a HUGE missed opportunity. If our smart house can understand real time usage, a tidal wave of innovation will be unleashed saving billions in energy. Imagine coordinated appliances scheduling themselves.

As it is, “Not so Smart Meters” do away with meter readers and help out with load leveling.

Now if we are lucky, the utility will share useful information… or perhaps make it into a “profit center” selling you your information.

Smart consumers need access to their real time usage information to make real time decisions.

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