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Reliant Energy uses makeover sweepstakes to promote smart homes

Nov 9, 2010

As utilities look for ways to get consumers engaged in the smart grid, Reliant Energy in Texas has come up with a program that ought to at least get some attention. The utility is running a smart home makeover sweepstakes to promote services and technologies. Two Texas households will win a $10,000 package that will give them the latest in home automation and energy-saving tools and technologies (a flat-panel TV and iPad among them).

Quick Take: We’ve said before that we need to add a little gee-whiz excitement to get consumers on-board with the smart grid. Programs like this are exactly the kind of thing we had in mind.

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