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.

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 ...

Installing a smart meter could help you pay less for your energy, but not everyone is convinced by the technology. While gas and electricity prices today are far below their peak during the 2022 ...

PROVIDENCE — In a unanimous vote last month, state utilities regulators approved a proposal to replace electric meters in Rhode Island with smart meters that supporters say will put the state on track ...

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 ...

Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 smart electricity meters around the state. These advanced meters will ...