To avoid rising energy costs each month, you must first understand how energy consumption works. Various factors contribute to increasing energy costs, including appliances that we use more often ...

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, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A new way to monitor your electric use is coming to the Bay area, and it'll be connected directly to your home. "Smart" meters coming to Tampa Bay Meters to monitor electric use at homes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smart meters, technology considered essential to modernizing the power grid, are coming to Rhode Island. State regulators on ...

As for whole-house electricity-monitoring tools, there are several systems. They work via sensors placed on the lines (usually at the household junction box); the sensors talk wirelessly to meters and ...