Green geeks have been abuzz over Google's PowerMeter, the search engine's first foray into the smart grid industry, since it was announced this past February. Up until this point, we've only had a few details to work with, but now Google PowerMeter team member Tom Sly is tossing a few more bread crumbs.

Previously, we learned that the PowerMeter software takes information from smart meters and puts it online for homes to analyze and that internal testing has already begun. Google also recently revealed its confidence in the software. According to Google spokesman Jamie Yood, the search engine estimates that people will cut around five to 15% of their energy use just by having the information.

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written by power meter Morgane, September 11, 2009

I use a Power Meter myself, and it is really helpful because it allows me to see how much energy my appliances use so I can reduce my energy bill.

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written by Akiba, September 11, 2009

Thanks for the comment. There's a lot of debate on whether viewing energy consumption will actually change consumer behavior so your post is very helpful. I'm of the camp that knowing your real energy consumption will shock you into reducing it

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