Recently Google announced their first device partner to use PowerMeter. Before that What is Google Power Meter?
Google PowerMeter is a free electricity usage monitoring tool that provides you with information on how much energy your home is consuming. Google PowerMeter receives information from utility smart meters and in-home energy management devices and visualizes this information for you on iGoogle (your personalized Google homepage). And, Google PowerMeter is free.
Save Money using Power Meter
To use the Google PowerMeter you will have to install a smart device.
- Do I want to save money? Yes
- Do I want to save money on Electricity? Yes
- Do I want to monitor Power Usage and Save money? Yes
- Do I want to use Google PowerMeter to monitor Electricity? Yes
- Do I want to spend $200 to use Google Powermeter? No
- How much I’m willing to spend? Less than $25
New TED 5000 series of device costs around $200. Even though Google PowerMeter is free, for individual homes, it doesn’t make sense to spend that much to save power.