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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, ...

The state’s largest electric distributor may not start to install next-generation meters, which can cut monthly bills and prompt a faster response to power outages, at Connecticut homes and businesses ...

They’re called smart meters. And both Con Edison and NYSEG utility companies say they are a way for customers to keep watch on energy use and to save money. Con Edison said on its website it has ...

PROVIDENCE — In a unanimous vote last month, state utilities regulators approved a proposal to replace electric meters in Rhode Island with smart meters that supporters say will put the state on track ...

ALBANY - National Grid is in the process of installing so-called smart meters at the homes of its gas and electric customers. National Grid spokesman Patrick Stella confirmed that some local customers ...

Eversource has reached 100,000 smart meter installations in Massachusetts as part of the company’s multi-year effort to upgrade more than 1.5 million meters statewide and deliver more modern, ...