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===United States===

Jurisdictions such as [[California]] are actively pursuing the same technology.<ref>[http://www.jbsinstruments.com/Energy/Papers/Leveraging_Utility/leveraging_utility.html]</ref> On July 20, 2006, California's energy regulators approved a program to roll out conventional meters retrofit with communications co-processor electronics to 9 million gas and electric household customers in the Northern California territory of [[PG&E]]. These meters report electricity consumption on an hourly basis. This enables PG&E to set pricing that varies by season and time of the day, rewarding customers who shift energy use to [[Energy demand management|off-peak]] periods. The peak pricing program will start out on a voluntary basis, and the full rollout is expected to take five years.<ref>[http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2006/060720a.shtml]</ref>

The smart grid also allows PG&E to give customers timing and pricing options for upload to the grid (see [[vehicle-to-grid]]).