smart meters

Aurora Water in Colorado is using smart meters to track water usage patterns, particularly during summer months when irrigation demand increases. The city aims to better understand water consumption amid a historic drought.

Aurora Water in Colorado uses smart meters to monitor and warn homeowners about lawn-watering violations on the third day of non-compliance. Denver previously relied on neighbor complaints for similar enforcement.

The first wave of smart meters is nearing retirement, with new meters featuring edge computing capabilities entering the market. Utilities must make critical equipment decisions as AMI 2.0 represents a significant advancement for the grid.

CPI(M) has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to abolish adjustment charges and roll back smart meters. The government reduced adjustment charges by 13 paise per unit starting January 2026, but CPI(M) leader Babu Rao criticized this as a false impression of tariff relief.

Approximately 5.3 million British households on standard tariffs without smart meters may face overcharging for June energy usage if they do not submit meter readings before the energy price cap rises. Action is urged to avoid higher bills under the new gas and electricity unit rates.

The Tamil Nadu government's decision to halt the smart meters project is criticized as a grave mistake by the BJP. Narayanan Thirupathy stated that the project would have been supported by loans, grants from central government agencies, and private capital.

Utilities in PJM Interconnection have invested nearly $6 billion to install 12 million smart meters aimed at improving energy efficiency for customers. However, these meters are not sharing data in most of PJM’s 13-state territory, creating a problem.