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Smart meters

DTE changeover hits A2

by Corry Berkooz

posted 4/17/2012

Just how clever are the new electrical and gas meters that DTE is installing on homes and businesses throughout Ann Arbor? They’ll tell the utility when a customer suffers a power outage. In the future, they’ll communicate with “smart” appliances to tell them the cheapest time of day to turn on, among other things. And for customers who install photovoltaic

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