Studies show how monitoring and smart appliances cut home energy bills

The results of a pair of year-long studies that use so-called intelligent appliances show that new power grid management tools in the home - and even in the appliances themselves - can help save homeowners money while improving power grid efficiency at the same time.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - part of the Department of Energy - and its Pacific Northwest GridWise Demonstration Project found that advanced technologies saved the consumers who participated in the study 10 percent on their electricity bills, on average.

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