League City Texas Gets First Smart Meters

There is something in the air in Texas. All throughout the state the delivery of energy is changing thanks to the rollout of new smart meters. These smart meters will offer a number of benefits to customers all along the energy grid. Energy customers in League City are about to see these benefits since the rollout recently launched in their area.

There are numerous potential benefits of switching to smart meters. Those benefits include:

o Customers can monitor their own energy use. People are getting smarter and smarter about finding ways to reduce their energy waste in the home. Smart meters allow customers to track their usage as they make energy-saving changes in the home. In the same way that tracking your spending helps you to save more money, tracking your energy use with smart meters helps you to save more energy.

o Enhanced ability to take advantage of peak and non-peak times. The better tracking offered by smart meters makes it possible for energy companies to truly know when the peak and off-peak times are and to offer discounts to people who are willing to reduce their energy use during peak times. This helps individuals to save money on energy bills and also reduces strain on the energy grid to prevent outages. 

o Quicker response to outages. Smart meters provide information to the electric company in a fast fashion, which means that the company has the ability to respond more quickly when outages threaten or actually occur.

o More privacy. If you've ever felt uncomfortable about having the meter reader come into your yard then you'll be happy to know that smart meters eliminate this issue.

The League City rollout is the first part of a statewide smart meter rollout by Texas New Mexico Power. The rollout in this area will take until mid-2012, at which time more than 30,000 residences and 3000 additional businesses will have smart meters. Texas New Mexico Power will then move on to other Texas areas including Dickinson, Texas city, La Marque and Friendswood although some of those rollouts will not begin until 2013.

Source: http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bay_area/news/texas-new-mexico-power-rolls-out-first-smart-meters-in/article_f0ee761d-c5db-5a84-9d8e-931dee96e498.html