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IEE projects one half of all U.S. households will be equipped with smart meters by 2015. But what is still unknown - and the subject of much worry by smart meter vendors - is how quickly the other half of the country will get upgraded. . The report - Utility Scale Smart Meter Deployments Plans & Proposals - shows utility-scale smart meter deployments by state and by utility.
Lisa Wood, IEE’s Executive Director, said, "Our results show that electric utilities are committed to upgrading their customers’ meters as part of the industry’s overall goal to modernize the nation’s electric grid. By the end of this year, we predict that 22 electric utilities in 16 states will have smart meters installed system wide. The new smart meters are already benefitting customers."
Adds Susan Story, Southern Company Services’ CEO, "With smart meters, we know when a customer doesn’t have power. Receiving this information in real time allows us to expedite our power restoration efforts and get the power back on sooner."
. The report highlights other benefits smart meters have achieved already, for instance, managing peak demand and deferring the need to build additional power plants. .
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