San Diego Gas and Electric Partners With Google PowerMeter
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. Google is currently testing Google PowerMeter with a number of utilities and plan to expand the rollout later this year.- 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.
Beta partners are located around the country and the world: Kentucky, Florida, India, SAN DIEGO, Canada, Texas, Michigan,
Google, which is in the midst of creating widgets for allowing consumers to see and monitor their power consumption, said that SDG&E is one of eight initial utility partners launching with the Internet giant.
The partnership will allow San Diego Gas & Electric customers with smart meters to access that smart meter information via Google and its PowerMeter widget software. Google said that its widgets are only available to a limited group of partners, but will roll out more widely later this year with other partners.