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, ...

EXPENSIVE IN NEW ENGLAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN RATES SKYROCKET. BUT IMAGINE GETTING $1,000 BILLS EVERY MONTH. YEAH, THAT’S THE SHOCKING REALITY FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THEIR ELECTRIC ...

Radio signal broadcasts have their usefulness, but they eventually end (except, perhaps, for SETI). Every so often, we mark the public end of a once-essential wavelength, such as 3G cellular, analog ...

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Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 smart electricity meters around the state. These advanced meters will ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Come January, NYSEG will start installing so-called "smart meters" for its estimated 190,000 electric customers in Western New York. NYSEG spokesperson Shelby Cohen explains that a ...