Google PowerMeter, a new gadget powered by San Diego Gas & Electric
Posted by Daniel Upton at 5/20/2009 11:23 AM 
Categories: Big Picture on Business Intelligence,San Diego County,Performance Dashboards,Budgeting
Categories: Big Picture on Business Intelligence,San Diego County,Performance Dashboards,Budgeting
While looking forward to assisting my newest consulting customer, I'm glad to have contributed to the pioneering "Smart Meter" program with San Diego Gas & Electric's, my existing customer.
Built on the new Smart Meter foundation, SDG&E customers — virtually all San Diego County residents — will soon be enjoying yet another consumer innovation. SDG&E has just announed a partnership with Google. To understand it, first step back for a moment. SDG&E is the nation's first utility to mass-deploy Smart Meters. In a nutshell, Smart Meters communicate , using wireless and cell-phone technology with SDG&E headquarters, so that, among other benefits, meter-reader people will no longer need to visit our residences just for routine readings. Smart Meters are currently being mass-deployed in Escondido, CA and the deployment will continue through 2001, when all San Diego County meters will be Smart Meters. For more on Smart Meters, click on... http://www.sdge.com/smartmeter/
Anyway, today, SDG&E announced this new partnership with Google. Once again, in a nutshell, residents who want more choice, control and convenience in how they get their information about energy use can use the new "Google Power Meter" gadget and with a few clicks of the mouse, create a personalized iGoogle website. For more on Google Power Meter, click on...http://www.google.org/powermeter/
What was my little role? Since January, I led a team of utility analysts, developers and testers in building the "Deployment and Operations Reporting System" for Smart Meter. It was fun, and I'll miss my co-workers. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to assist SDG&E again in the near future. Until then, I'm off to fine-tune a Business Intelligence data infrastructure for a leading golf manufacturer. It's all good!
Built on the new Smart Meter foundation, SDG&E customers — virtually all San Diego County residents — will soon be enjoying yet another consumer innovation. SDG&E has just announed a partnership with Google. To understand it, first step back for a moment. SDG&E is the nation's first utility to mass-deploy Smart Meters. In a nutshell, Smart Meters communicate , using wireless and cell-phone technology with SDG&E headquarters, so that, among other benefits, meter-reader people will no longer need to visit our residences just for routine readings. Smart Meters are currently being mass-deployed in Escondido, CA and the deployment will continue through 2001, when all San Diego County meters will be Smart Meters. For more on Smart Meters, click on... http://www.sdge.com/smartmeter/
Anyway, today, SDG&E announced this new partnership with Google. Once again, in a nutshell, residents who want more choice, control and convenience in how they get their information about energy use can use the new "Google Power Meter" gadget and with a few clicks of the mouse, create a personalized iGoogle website. For more on Google Power Meter, click on...http://www.google.org/powermeter/
What was my little role? Since January, I led a team of utility analysts, developers and testers in building the "Deployment and Operations Reporting System" for Smart Meter. It was fun, and I'll miss my co-workers. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to assist SDG&E again in the near future. Until then, I'm off to fine-tune a Business Intelligence data infrastructure for a leading golf manufacturer. It's all good!
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