National Grid customers there's a new face in town it's called a smart meter and just like your other smart devices it's the latest advancement in technology designed to make your life easier and more efficient now the energy you're using in your home or business can be more accurately managed providing you greater control of your energy consumption which in turn gives you the opportunity to lower your bills now here's what you need to know about your upcoming installation naal grid will make this a seamless process in many cases you don't even have to be home a typical installation takes our technicians just minutes to complete and they can make any adjustments for those with special medical needs to assure their safety during installation once in place your smart meter will start delivering near realtime usage data giving you the kind of information you need to stay in control of how much energy you're using your smart meter will also allow you to receive alerts improved outage detection billing updates and individualized energy saving tips right to your my account portal in addition you'll be able to track the Energy Efficiency of your major appliances rest assured your energy data is safe secure and transmitted on a private Network these advancements and Technology help us achieve a more efficient resilient energy Grid it's just one of the ways to ensure all of us have a cleaner more sustainable future Smart Meters help our customers make smarter choices take more control and use less energy using less energy means saving more money and that will put a smile on anyone's face [Music]