June 2009 Smart electricity meters: How households and the environment can benefit. "Smart meters [...] hold great promise for influencing electricity consumption. They have the potential to create a step change in curbing the growth in the demand for electricity and giving real benefits to consumers, provided they are capable of interaction in real time between electricity consumers and retailers." Full report [pdf] Potential Environmental benefits of smart meters: (earlier PCE study) [pdf] |
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