ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Over the next few years, RG&E and NYSEG will start installing smart meters in our homes, but it doesn’t come without controversy. Some people claim they’re a health hazard.

AEP-PSO, which plans to install more than 500,000 smart meters systemwide over the next few years, denies that those devices emit radio frequency radiation at a high enough level to make people sick.

The smart grid is the next generation of the utility framework that converges utility providers, telecommunications infrastructure and information technology. Striving to take the utility delivery ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Duke just replaced the electric meters in our neighborhood. The new meters look very complicated. The display is ...

CARLSBORG — Snowy, icy roads hardly kept a crowd from voicing concerns about the Clallam Public Utility District’s advanced metering infrastructure program recently. Filling the PUD commissioners ...

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: New smart meters being installed in Western North Carolina provide real-time updates on energy consumption to customers and utility provider Duke Energy Progress. Some local ...

They’re called smart meters. And both Con Edison and NYSEG utility companies say they are a way for customers to keep watch on energy use and to save money. Con Edison said on its website it has ...

EMC Test Design, maker of the Smart Fieldmeter for EMI and RF testing, has added two probes and a modem to its product line. The PI-05 probe ($3500) has a frequency range of 100 MHz to 40 GHz. That ...