Smart electricity meters are now becoming more and more common. New electricity meters and new manufactures are arriving on the market all the time and the entire energy monitor business could become as large as GPS or the MP3 market.

However, as with many new technologies many people are often apprehensive about how difficult they are to use and may be confused as to what exactly an electricity monitor does and how it can benefit both consumer and the environment.

Energy monitors can be as complicated or as simple as you require. Some allow you to get real time data from across the internet allowing you to monitor energy consumption from anywhere in the world. However, for most home users simpler energy and electricity monitors are easy to fit without having to call an electrician. They oft have a little sensor clip that just hooks onto the cable by the meter, very simple and safe to do.

Most energy monitors have small display which will feed you the data. Again, they come in all varieties from simple energy monitors that feed you information on how much energy are consumer to more complicated ones that give you graphs and more detailed information.