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stouffville suntribune thursday march 9 2006 21 smart meter should save you money but its not free by serena willoughby staff writer the mcguinty government wants to make you smarter a smarter energy consumer that is through legislation expected to become law next week that will see 800000 smart meters installed in ontario homes and businesses by 2007 the energy conservation responsi bility act legislates the use of smart meters along with a pricing structure reflecting the cost of power production at certain times of day and year this means by monitoring your ener gy usage with a smart meter you can cut usage during peak times and save rhoney on your energy bill it also means if you use a lot of energy during peak times you will pay more for it the idea is to promote a culture of conservation said john sanderson vice president of metering and cdm at pow- erstream the electricity distribution company for markham vaughan and richmond hill mr sanderson is working on a smart meter pilot project involving three smart meter manufacturers hooking up to about 100 homes expected to begin in the next month a smart meter is a small device that attaches to your electricity meter arid transmits information that can be read by customers either online or through a printout the smart meter will allow us to start to measure consumption on an hourly basis mr sanderson said the smart meters will tell households how much energy is costing at any time during the day they will also help encourage people to use energygobbling appliances like ovens washing machines and dishwash- ers during offpeak hours when there is less stress on the provincial power grid the lbillion cost of installing smart meters across the province is passed on to users through a 1 to 4 monthly charge on electricity bills sell your unwanted household items from the comfort of your home computer go to wwwyorkregioncom to place your article for sale its only 995 to place the ad in any one of our newspapers or website 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