Southland homes convert to ‘smart’ electric meters

Thousands of homes and businesses in the south and southwest suburbs have seen analog electric meters replaced with new “smart” meters that read themselves and that ComEd says could ultimately help customers better control what they spend on electricity.

The meters are part of a broader $2.6 billion initiative to modernize and strengthen the electricity grid stretching over more than 11,000 square miles of northern Illinois…Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.