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Smart grid technologies are transforming today’s analog power delivery system into a digital, interconnected network that delivers new ways for Duke Energy and our customers to work together to manage energy usage, save money and help the environment.

With technologies like smart meters, automated switching devices and wireless sensors, information will flow in two directions – enabling conversation and benefits never before possible with an analog grid system.

Smart grid benefits
Smart grid technologies enhance service and reliability, and create more opportunities for our customers, our company and the environment.

For our customers, it means more reliable service, quicker response to outages, and new information and tools to help them better manage their energy use – and their monthly energy bills. Smart meters will provide quicker access to energy data and show homeowners the real cost of operating appliances and electronics. Combine this technology with home energy-management devices, and customers will be able to program their dishwashers, water heaters, air conditioners and other appliances for greater efficiency.

For our company, it means we can manage the electric system, and actively detect and respond to changes in power demand, supply and quality across various locations and devices.

For our planet, it means less carbon and cleaner air. Smart grid technologies enable us to use more renewable energy, such as solar power generated from rooftop panels. Plug-in electric vehicles, which can be recharged at night when energy demand is lower, also have the potential to be used as backup power for the home. And by working together with our customers to manage energy more efficiently, we can reduce the need to build additional power plants.

A unique approach
Duke Energy is taking a holistic approach to the smart grid. The smart meter is just the beginning. A secure and flexible network that can handle today’s advancements in energy, but also tomorrow’s, is the goal.

Smart grid technologies are creating a communications pathway to a cleaner, more energy efficient world.