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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy
A demand meter on a residential application?
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most of the new type digital meters have it...
it's very simple, it's already calculating the load, and integrating/totalizing it...
a couple lines of code and a buffer to store the highest...
reset when read...
aren't some areas using it as an incentive to lower bills?
whether they set it up to display or put it on the bill is another matter...
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E; San Francisco, California) is deploying its SmartMeter program. PG&E contracted with ESCO Technologies Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) to install the TWACS Network Gateway with advanced transponders. With more than 5 million electric and 4 million gas customers, it is estimated the deployment will cost nearly $2 billion. The SmartMeter program will introduce time-of-use rates,
demand-response features through programs like Critical Peak Pricing, and provide capabilities such as outage detection and assessment and remote connect/disconnect for electric customers.
here's a utility that offers residential demand service:
Black Hills Power - Products & Services