{"id":736,"date":"2007-09-03T07:30:07","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/uncategorized\/eons-smart-meter-development-for-consumers"},"modified":"2007-11-22T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-22T16:01:42","slug":"eons-smart-meter-development-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/electrical\/home-automation\/eons-smart-meter-development-for-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"E.ON&#8217;s Smart Meter Development For Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/powergen\/smart-meter.jpg\" alt=\"E.ONs Smart Meter Development For Consumers \" class=\"right\" \/>E.ON, the company that runs Powergen, is to spearhead a Smart Meter pilot scheme in conjunction with Ofgem, as part of its commitment to the changing energy market.<\/p>\n<p>The trial, called the &#8220;Energy Demand Research Project&#8221;, is being used by the government and E.ON to gain understanding of how energy-based information influences consumer behavior and energy usage.The Smart Meters to be used in this consumer trial will be fitted in September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 15,000 Powergen customers from the East and West Midlands, where the company is the meter operator, have been selected at random to take part in the trial:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7,300 customer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homes will be fitted with an electricity Smart Meter and 5,525 of these will also have a gas Smart Meter fitted.<\/li>\n<li>7,700 customers without Smart Meters will be provided with a variety of information and feedback resources on their energy usage, including monthly bills, energy efficiency advice and historic consumption charts.<\/li>\n<li>4,950 customers will be provided with a real time Energy Consumption Display Device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The technology measures energy consumption trends giving householders and businesses a clear picture of their usage, both historical and real-time, to permit more effective energy management; they also provide two-way communication, enabling meters to be easily updated.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Bartlett, Managing Director of E.ON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Retail business said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153By letting customers see how much energy they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re using and the cost, we believe that Smart Metering can help cut consumption and of course, carbon emissions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eon-uk.com\/\">http:\/\/www.eon-uk.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tel:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 (0500) 201 000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E.ON, the company that runs Powergen, is to spearhead a Smart Meter pilot scheme in conjunction with Ofgem, as part of its commitment to the changing energy market. The trial, called the &#8220;Energy Demand Research Project&#8221;, is being used by the government and E.ON to gain understanding of how energy-based information influences consumer behavior and energy usage.The Smart Meters to be used in this consumer trial will be fitted in September 2007. A total of 15,000 Powergen customers from the East and West Midlands, where the company is the meter operator, have been selected at random to take part in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/electrical\/home-automation\/eons-smart-meter-development-for-consumers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}