Comments on: Google PowerMeter Could Be Commercial This Year

By: Google’s PowerMeter Bypasses the Smart Meter, Signs Up First Gadget Partner

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:13:59 +0000

[...] has been working on the strategy of partnering with device makers for PowerMeter for a while. Back in April Google’s Tom Sly told me that the company was actively talking to gadget makers to work with PowerMeter, and Sly [...]

By: Smart Grid Shopping: Silver Spring Snaps Up Greenbox

Smart Grid Shopping: Silver Spring Snaps Up Greenbox — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:43:46 +0000

[...] The news comes on the heels of a stream of announcements from smart grid companies both building and buying home energy management software. In June GridPoint announced that it had bought up the energy business of a quiet Canadian company called Lixar SRS. Smart meter software firm eMeter put its efforts into building its home energy management tool, as has Microsoft (with Hohm) and Google (with PowerMeter). [...]

By: Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage | Design Website

Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage | Design Website — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:18:55 +0000

[...] while Google is working with utility companies and power monitoring device makers, Microsoft’s Hohm is available to [...]

By: Finance Geek » Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage

Finance Geek » Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:00:03 +0000

[...] while Google is working with utility companies and power monitoring device makers, Microsoft’s Hohm is available to [...]

By: The Tech Town » Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage

The Tech Town » Microsoft Offers To Monitor Your Home Power Usage — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:55:59 +0000

[...] while Google is working with utility companies and power monitoring device makers, Microsoft’s Hohm is available to [...]

By: Richard Mabbott

Richard Mabbott — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:30:50 +0000

Katie
Piedmont EMC, an electric coop headquartered in
Hillsborough, NC is currently offering daily electric use information on the web to our 31,000 customers using a fully deployed Hunt Technology two way AMI system and Exceleron web software marketed as MyUsage.com. The system was made active last week and will be announced to the customers next week through our monthly newsletter. We feel this system will help our customers make more informed electricity purchasing decisions. The next step is to link the smart meter, equipped with an radio sender, to a in-house radio receiving monitor/controller This monitor/controller would give the consumer real-time electric energy consumption and pricing information and could automatically control radio linked appliances and thermostats.

Richard Mabbott
Sr VP and COO
Piedmont EMC

By: Google Makes Utility & Smart Meter Friends for PowerMeter

Google Makes Utility & Smart Meter Friends for PowerMeter — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:12:53 +0000

[...] Google’s Tom Sly previously told us that the search engine giant would be launching its tools for both utilities and straight to the consumer this year. So expect a consumer version coming sometime soon. Sly told us that Google is working with device manufacturers to produce something that can mimic a smart meter to work with PowerMeter and give the consumer enough data to help them modify their behavior. That could be where a company like Tendril, or WattVision comes in. GA_googleFillSlot("earth2tech_ros_post_footer"); [...]

By: Google to Congress: Go Big On Enhanced Geothermal, Smart Meters

Google to Congress: Go Big On Enhanced Geothermal, Smart Meters — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:01:46 +0000

[...] as near real time as possible.” Like, say, devices that use PowerMeter, which Google aims to make available to consumers by year’s end. [...]

By: Bill Melendez

Bill Melendez — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:49:26 +0000

It is very difficult to get Google to show any interest in working with a device manufacturer inspite of their insistence that they are interested. Possibly they are not there yet organizationally and therefore are unable to handle queries and requests... Their website is lacking in all areas. Possibly this is more vaporware -- no SDK or developer packages for integrating our products with theirs. Our take: this is an attempt to see how much interest there is out there but not necessarily will they follow through if the interest levels are not sufficient to justify their business model.

By: 10 Monitoring Tools Bringing Smart Energy Home

10 Monitoring Tools Bringing Smart Energy Home — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:41:38 +0000

[...] PowerMeter: The serach-engine giant told us recently that it is trying to bring PowerMeter, its online energy information tool, to market sometime this [...]

By: Google PowerMeter Could Be Commercial This Year « SmartGrid Current

Google PowerMeter Could Be Commercial This Year « SmartGrid Current — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:53:24 +0000

[...] Google PowerMeter Could Be Commercial This Year Posted April 6, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/03/google-powermeter-could-be-commercial-this-year/ [...]

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:14:55 +0000

Ha, thanks - yeah, I'm a huge dork. And agreed, should have done some more mic prep work.

By: Libran Lover

Libran Lover — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:20:41 +0000

Great interview - it covered all the right questions. Didn't realize Katie is such a dork - but a hot dork! :-)

Giga Om should have all their people trained in interviewing skills... especially for a camera, with a single mic!

By: Startups Eager to Tap Into Google PowerMeter Platform May Not Have Long to Wait : CleanTechnica

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:19:18 +0000

[...] a Google team member on the PowerMeter project, told Earth2Tech’s Katie Fehrenbacher that Google could launch the PowerMeter this year and said the team wants to work with all device manufacturers. “It certainly doesn’t [...]