NYSEG and RG&E are installing the latest in energy use technology − smart meters − across their wide customer base that includes more than 1 million electric hook-ups and 500,000 natural gas services.

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SPRINGFIELD — Your electric meter will soon be able to communicate with you in real time. That means a warning if you are using more power, and spending more money, than you’d planned. This week, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — RG&E’s rollout of smart meters is now well underway. If installers haven’t been in your neighborhood yet, it’s only a matter of time. But after a few years of serious billing and ...

Under the new plan, teams of officials from power corporations and discoms will visit consumers at their homes instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 ...

Power to the people! The mandatory prepaid smart meter rule has been scrapped. Whether you want to pay in advance or stick to ...

Last year, I was told by my energy supplier Octopus that I need to get a smart meter, as my existing meter is too old.