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March 3rd, 2010, 23:05
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Chicago utility company ComEd announced earlier this week it will launch a pilot program for 100 of its customers to test out the power of the sun (http://www.engadget.com/topic/here-comes-the-sun). The program will include the installation of solar panels into 100 homes, and further devices -- such as smarter thermostats which do things like lower during the day when no one's at home, and give out hourly pricing information -- in fifty of those homes. The meters will also have the ability to reward customers who generate excess solar power (http://www.engadget.com/tag/solarpower/) that can be pumped back into the grid -- because everybody loves being rewarded, right? ComEd will choose the pilot families by mail-in survey, and by factors such as their roofs, and the amount of shading trees there are in their yards.ComEd launches pilot solar energy program for 100 customers in Chicago (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/comed-launches-pilot-solar-energy-program-for-100-customers-in-c/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Chicago utility company ComEd announced earlier this week it will launch a pilot program for 100 of its customers to test out the power of the sun (http://www.engadget.com/topic/here-comes-the-sun). The program will include the installation of solar panels into 100 homes, and further devices -- such as smarter thermostats which do things like lower during the day when no one's at home, and give out hourly pricing information -- in fifty of those homes. The meters will also have the ability to reward customers who generate excess solar power (http://www.engadget.com/tag/solarpower/) that can be pumped back into the grid -- because everybody loves being rewarded, right? ComEd will choose the pilot families by mail-in survey, and by factors such as their roofs, and the amount of shading trees there are in their yards.ComEd launches pilot solar energy program for 100 customers in Chicago (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/comed-launches-pilot-solar-energy-program-for-100-customers-in-c/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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