Meanwhile an estimated £347m savings will be delivered by upgrading those millions of first-generation smart meters, arising partly through consumers’ ability to participate freely in the ...

The meters use low-frequency radio signals like those that allow someone to use a smart phone, listen to the radio or watch TV. The meter sends data to utility poles’ access points, which send a ...

In Pennsylvania, where PPL, Rhode Island Energy's parent company, has had smart meters in use for several years, the company says it’s now being alerted to outages 22 minutes sooner on average.