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…is usually located near the water meter in your basement, or possibly your crawl space or garage. Your home may have two separate valves for the indoor and outdoor water supply, so make sure you’re turning off the proper one. Head outside and remove any hoses or connections to your faucets (you can store them away in your garage or…

…on their electricity supply costs, compared with standard utility rates. Get info on ComEd Hourly Pricing or Ameren Power Smart Pricing. ComEd Peak Time Savings and Ameren Peak Time Rewards: If your home has a new smart meter, you can earn a credit on your electric bill when you participate in the voluntary, no-cost Peak Time Savings or Peak Time…

…AC Cycling (click for more info) You can earn up to $40 in summer bill credits, but a credit is not guaranteed, and most customers get between $0-$10. You do NOT have to have central air conditioning to take part in this program, but you must have a smart meter. You cannot be on net metering or AC Cycling to…

The City of Chicago offers residential single-family and two-flat homeowners the option of having a water meter installed to help them save water–and money–through the MeterSave program. Water bills in homes without meters are tied to to various factors, from building size to number of plumbing fixtures. But with a water meter, you’re only charged for the water you actually…

…should. It also takes away the incentive to be efficient. Why save water if you can’t save money? Chicago’s MeterSave program offers residents the chance to have a meter installed in their home so they can save water and money. (See our fact sheet on the MeterSave program.) Billing frequency: Some communities may bill you once every few months, which…

…take long for him to make an amazing discovery: Charlene was the victim of a “mixed meter.” Translation: She was being billed for the wrong meter, at nearly twice her actual usage. “I spent hours looking at my bills and thinking about what I could do,” she said. “I kept thinking, ‘What the heck am I doing?’” Turns out she…

…a bad alternative supplier deal, or your usage went up, or you need efficiency upgrades, or ComEd got a rate hike. “Mixed meter” cases like this, or any problem with a meter, are relatively rare. Still, I loved the outcome: ComEd issued her a refund check for $495! Whether it’s $5 savings or $500, it’s always nice to hear a…

[vc_custom_heading text=”New Smart Meter Data Shows Potential of Real-Time Pricing to Lower Electric Bills ” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”] EDF and CUB release comprehensive analysis of dynamic pricing benefits PDF version of this release Contact: Catherine Ittner, (512) 691-3458, [email protected] Jim Chilsen, (312) 513-1784, [email protected], CHICAGO, November 14, 2017—Ninety-seven percent of a sample of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) customers would have saved money…

…smart meters installed by ComEd, Illinois’ largest electric utility. Representing the nation’s most comprehensive dynamic-pricing analysis of smart meter data, the findings suggest that well-designed pricing models, like real-time pricing, could help lower people’s electricity bills. The groups’ whitepaper, The Costs and Benefits of Real-Time Pricing, is available at www.BigEnergyData.info. Specifically, the paper finds real-time pricing would have trimmed bills…

…and Ameren Illinois to install digital advanced meters (smart meters) in about 4 million homes throughout Illinois. These meters have the ability to accurately record more energy-usage data than ever before. January, 2012: The Green Button Initiative is launched. A cooperative effort among utilities (including ComEd and Ameren) and technology companies, the Green Button Initiative allows customers to view their…