Seattle’s KPLU has an interesting tidbit about a new service being offered by local utilities: Free Microsoft software that allows residents to customize their power use, saving money and reducing their carbon footprint. http://bit.ly/UHLke It’s in beta mode for now: http://mshohm.orcsweb.com/, and called Hohm (that’s home + ohm). Google recently launched a similar application called PowerMeter: http://www.google.org/powermeter/ . Could these be the first baby steps toward the vaunted “smart grid?”
Saving Energy: No Place Like Hohm
