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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 ...

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Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has clarified that new electricity connections will continue to be issued with prepaid smart meters only. This comes despite revised central guidelines ...

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, ...

Dominion Energy’s large-scale project to upgrade its northeastern North Carolina customers’ meters to “smart meters” is underway and is expected to be mostly complete by this spring. “Our Outer Banks ...

Smart meter deployment has slowed in the United Kingdom, and energy retailers now face stricter regulations compelling them to complete the domestic rollout in all premises by the end of 2030. There ...

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 ...

STORY. WE’LL BRING YOU MORE UPDATES AS IT DEVELOPS. ALL RIGHT. IT’S BEEN A HOT AND EXPENSIVE SUMMER FOR ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, AS MANY HAVE FACED SURGING BILLS THANKS TO THE HOT ...

A Massachusetts family says a meter swap triggered a shocking electric bill, prompting National Grid to review the charge and ...

Those with smart meters will be first in line ...