Free electricity monitors will help cut household bills and global warming

Labour's Alistair Darling and David Miliband have proposed a new plan to make real-time electricity monitors available free of charge to all households in Britain to help combat climate change. With Labour's plans, electricity suppliers would be required to provide these displays free to all customers who want them.  All new and replacement household electricity meters would also come with a visual display. Real time electricity monitors show how much electricity is being used and what it costs from moment to moment.  They help people cut back on unnecessary use, saving money and cutting emissions of carbon dioxide from power stations, the main greenhouse gas causing global warming and climate change. One estimate suggests that British homes are collectively wasting £900 million of electricity a year by leaving appliances on while they're not being used.  A typical household could cut its electricity bill by £25 a year simply by turning appliances off instead of leaving them on stand-by.
Country/Regional Focus: UK
Themes: energy, environment
Web: http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/10338
13 April 2007
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