Google: Desperately Seeking More PowerMeter Partners
"We're seeking partnerships with companies that can enable the implementation of our software," wrote Ed Lu, a member of Google's engineering team, on the company's blog.
This week, Google announced ts technology provider partner is Itron, a meter and data management company that serves over 8,000 utilities. Itron helped San Diego Gas & Electric implement Google PowerMeter, Lu wrote.
San Diego Gas & Electric is one of the first eight utility partners to offer Google PowerMeter now, wrote Lu. The other partners are: TXU Energy ( Texas), JEA (Florida), Reliance Energy (India), Wisconsin Public Service Cooperative, White River Valley Electric Cooperative (Missouri), Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited (Canada) and Glasgow EPB (Kentucky).
"Our initial partners include utilities with millions of customers as well as smaller ones. They are rural and urban, privately held and municipally run. They all have one thing in common " a desire to serve their customers by providing access to detailed information that helps save energy and money," Google PowerMeter is expected to add additional utility partners throughout the year, Lu wrote.