Google PowerMeter Announces First Energy Partners for PowerMeter

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Google has announced the first energy companies they're working with for the PowerMeter smart grid project. They range all over the US and all over the world. Check out the first eight to go Google on their grid. From Google:

Our initial partners span the globe and are large and small utilities, rural and urban, privately held and municipally run and include one of the largest meter manufacturers. They all have one thing in common - a desire to serve their customers by providing access to detailed information that helps customers save energy and money. For now, Google PowerMeter is only available to a limited group of customers, but we plan to expand our roll out later this year. Our partner utilities are helping to lead the charge to make the electricity grid smarter and we look forward to working with them and others.

The eight are:Glasgow EPBLocation: Glasgow, KentuckyCustomers: 7,000

JEALocation: Northeast FloridaCustomers: 417,000

Reliance EnergyLocation: Mumbai, Delhi & Orrisa, IndiaCustomers: 6.8 million

San Diego Gas & Electric ®Location: San Diego County and Southern Orange County, CaliforniaCustomers: 1.4 million

Toronto Hydro–Electric System LimitedLocation: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCustomers: 684,000

TXU EnergyLocation: TexasCustomers: 2.2 million

White River Valley Electric CooperativeLocation: Portions of Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone and Taney counties in MissouriCustomers: 40,000

Wisconsin Public ServiceLocation: Northeast and Central Wisconsin and an adjacent portion of Upper MichiganCustomers: 450,000

Not a bad start to the PowerMeter project, we'd say. Google is also partnering with Itron for their distribution. If you need a quick refresher on the project, check out this video:

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