Saying it would "unleash the forces of innovation in homes
and businesses" Google and The Climate Group have sent a
letter to President Obama asking him to adopt the goal of
giving every household and business in the nation a smart
meter. Doing so will give people "access to timely, useful
and actionable information on their energy use" and enable
the nation to "harness the power of millions of people to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save consumers billions
of dollars."
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/google-climate-group-tell-obama-give-everyone-smart-meters.php
The letter went on to say, Studies and experience show that
when people have access to direct feedback on their
electricity use, they can achieve significant savings
through simple behavioral changes. Investments in home
energy efficiency, along with automating appliances and
other devices, can lead to even greater savings. These
savings could be substantial when added up: if all U.S.
households saved 15% on their energy use by 2020, for
example, the greenhouse gas savings would be equivalent to
taking 35 million cars off the road and would save consumers
$46 billion on their energy bills, or $360 per customer each
year.
Which is indeed a good of energy savings, and smart meters
are certainly part of the solution to reducing our energy
usage, as GreenBiz points out, the Obama Administration has
already signaled support for smart meters on numerous
occasions.
Which makes the fact that most of the companies adding their
names to The Climate Group's letter having vested financial
interests in rapid rollout of smart meters (even if that
does make good policy sense), make it all seem a bit more
like grand PR push than anything else.
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