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Smart Grid
Smart grid systems are getting a lot of attention lately. Why? Because they're the future of energy efficiency and savings in your monthly utility bill.
The smart grid works to provide more affordable, efficient power and can benefit your home, your business and our environment.
Five Fast Smart Grid Facts:
- Smart grid systems use communication between homes and their electric providers to monitor, measure and sometimes control energy use.
- By better managing electricity use and distributing the load of energy on the power grid, smart grids can increase reliability and decrease outages.
- Smart grid technology saves energy and reduces the need for new power distribution systems, which helps lower utility bills.
- Your electric cooperative is already using this technology. Over the last 25 years, local Touchstone Energy® cooperatives in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota have saved millions of dollars in energy costs for you and other co-op members using smart grid technologies. Read more.
- The U.S. Department of Energy estimates smart grid technology could save between $46 and $117 billion over the next 20 years.
For details on how the smart grid creates these savings, download our "Making Sense of the Smart Grid" brochure.
Resources
For more information on what the smart grid means to you, check out these resources.
What can you do?
Energy Saving Tips
Unplug it. Learn electronic tips to save energy.
Figure out what you could save with the CFL Calculator.
Conserve it. Keep showers to five minutes or less.
Learn where you can save. Take the Home Energy Audit.
Make efficient purchases by buying ENERGY STAR® appliances.
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