Southern California Edison (SCE) kicks off its Edison SmartConnect program today by installing the first of 5 million smart meters to help customers save energy and money. These new digital, secure, two-way communicating meters will measure electricity usage up-to-the minute and, when fully implemented, will enable customers to track how much they use, and how much it costs them. Smart meter installations begin today in Downey, Calif., and will continue through 2012 for all SCE residential and small-business customers in the utility’s 50,000-square-mile service territory.
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