Sensors are an indispensable tool to inform utility managers of the state of the electricity grid and the occurrence of ...

MidAmerican Energy Co. plans to add more than 150 of its 'smart meters” in Iowa City and other cities in its service area in the coming months in an effort to shorten outage times. MidAmerican ...

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Various trends are leading to an increase of electricity theft worldwide. The rate of theft does not seem to be very large, though the cumulative effect on utilities is significant. Electricity meter ...

SPRINGFIELD — Your electric meter will soon be able to communicate with you in real time. That means a warning if you are using more power, and spending more money, than you’d planned. This week, ...

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Smart meters will provide utility companies with unprecedented access inside people's homes A 2012 study showed that smart meters can detect what program is playing on homeowners' televisions Con ...

An IoT diagram for smart cities typically includes layers for sensing data, connecting devices, processing information, and ...