Wednesday, July 22, 2009

With whome Google is partnering?

Google's initial partners include a variety of utilities (large and small, rural and urban, privately held and municipally run) and one of the largest meter manufacturers. They all have one thing in common - a desire to serve their customers by providing access to detailed information that helps customers save energy and money. For now, Google PowerMeter is only available to a limited group of customers, but we plan to expand our roll out later this year. Our partner utilities are helping to lead the charge to make the electricity grid smarter and we look forward to working with them and others.

Utilities


Glasgow EPB

Location: Glasgow, Kentucky
Customers: 7,000
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JEA

Location: Northeast Florida
Customers: 417,000
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Reliance Energy

Location: Mumbai, Delhi & Orissa, India
Customers: 6.8 million
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San Diego Gas & Electric ®

Location: San Diego County and Southern Orange County, California
Customers: 1.4 million
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Toronto Hydro–Electric System Limited

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Customers: 684,000
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TXU Energy

Location: Texas
Customers: 2.2 million
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White River Valley Electric Cooperative

Location: Portions of Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone and Taney counties in Missouri
Customers: 40,000
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Wisconsin Public Service

Location: Northeast and Central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper Michigan
Customers: 450,000
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Yello Strom

Location: Germany Customers: 1.4 million
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Integration Partners


Itron

Location: 130 countries
Clients: 8,000 utilities
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

What is Google Power Meter?

Google PowerMeter receives information from utility smart meters and energy management devices and provides customers with access to their home electricity consumption right on their personal iGoogle homepage.

Analyze:
Get better information about how you use energy and what you can do to be more efficient.
Save:
Reduce your energy bills and carbon footprint by making smart decisions about your energy use.
Share:
Strike up a little friendly competition to see how your energy consumption compares to your friends and neighbors.

Google Power meter will be released soon and you will be able to reduce your electricity bills. The software will be completely free from Google. Google is partnering with a number of utility providers in world so that your power meter will have this facility.