By the 1^st of July 2009 all electric meters in Sweden should be read once per month.

The implementation projects should therefore be completed. Most network owners have done a terrific job but there are still some meters that haven’t been exchanged just yet. There are several reasons for that. Mistakes in planning of the projects, lack of communication between the new meter and the administration system is example of those reasons.

Overall the AMR projects in Sweden seem to have been a success.

The task now is to make sure that all electricity meters are read every month and that the information is sent to the electricity supplier at time. For a couple of months there will be problems to perform this because of a new format called UTILTS that holds information about the meter standings.

The new project for Enerway is to gather information from projects or involved people in Sweden in order to solve some of the problems that still needs to be fixed and also to help network owners in other nations that are planning for new AMR projects.

Hopefully Enerway will find people with the knowledge in their hands that are positive to share it with you!

We’re very excited to announce our first Google PowerMeter partners – 8
utilities representing over 10 million customers from 3 countries and 6
different US states. These partners are offering Google PowerMeter to their
customers to enable them to access detailed information on their home energy
use. To assist our utility partners with the integration to Google

We’re out on the speaking circuit sharing our vision for the future of the
smart grid and energy information.
Tom Sly, who leads Google PowerMeter’s partnership efforts, presented our
energy information vision and Google PowerMeter at DEMO last week.
Video:
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The success of the internet is largely driven by open protocols and
standards that enable all sorts of applications and hardware to interact.
We think the same principles of openness that have made the internet a
thriving ecosystem can be applied to make the electric grid a smarter
platform for products and services that will help consumers save energy and

In our first event after launching Google’s energy information
campaign, we hosted a joint smart grid event with GE on Tuesday in
Washington DC. Our timing was fortuitous; the event took place just
as President Obama signed an historic economic stimulus bill that
includes $11 billion to modernize the electricity grid.

Thanks for your interest in energy information. We think that everyone
should have access to near real-time feedback on energy consumption to
make smarter choices and save energy and money.
Website: [link]
Blog Post: [link]
Here are a few additional resources that you might find useful:

Today, Google submitted comments to the California Public Utility
Commission sharing our perspective that everyone should have access to
their energy consumption information in near real-time and suggesting
a few ideas for how the Commission could encourage the availability of
this information.
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