Dive Summary:
- Thanks to her smart meter, a Georgia woman who owns a second home saw the electricity spike 10 – 15 kilowatts at her unoccupied residence, reported David Lewis, an IT manager at Tri-State Electrical Membership Corporation in Georgia.
- Later, the woman found her home broken into; in addition to a shattered sliding glass door which caused the heat to turn on and off.
- The woman then helped police narrow the time and day of the alleged burglary by analyzing the kilowatt usage information rendered from the smart meter.
From the article:
"Tri-State used a federal smart grid investment grant to help pay for projects that otherwise would have taken 10 to 15 years to accomplish. Its success was cited in the recent White House report “A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: A Progress Report,” prepared by the National Science and Technology Council. ..."