What Are Smart Meters?
Smart meters are digital meters with two-way communication that send energy use information to SDG&E. In the future, electric energy use will be recorded every hour at your home and every 15 minutes at your business. Natural gas information will be available on a daily basis. This information can help you understand how you are using energy so you can make money-saving and environmentally friendly changes.
A smart meter is a new type of electricity or gas meter. The old-fashioned meters in most homes today do nothing more than keep track of total energy consumption on a dial on the meter. By contrast, smart meters can transmit and receive data to and from the electricity company. Among other things, this removes the need for someone to read your meter or for the company to estimate your bill. It also enables more sophisticated billing, with the price of electricity changing minute by minute, according to availability and demand. Smart meters could also be used to limit the amount of power available to each home at times of peak demand. How are they different to energy monitors? An energy monitor is a device that helps consumers keep an eye on their current power usage. A small transmitter attaches to the cables coming out of the electricity meter and relays information to a wireless digital display that can be placed in the kitchen, living room or anywhere else. The display shows the hom
