Click on the links below to see videos on smart meter/grid news and products (times shown in minutes: seconds).

CenterPoint Energy's millionth smart meter installation celebration

• Customer testimonial: Ruth Diorio (2:22)
• Chris Irwin, Department of Energy (2:09)
• Malcom Unsworth, Itron CEO and president (1:25)
• Kenny Mercado, CenterPoint Energy Senior VP Regulated Operations Technology (5:00)

Smart Grid

• Smart Grid Overview (8:04)
• Self-Healing Grid - Animated Demonstration of the Intelligent Grid (3:00)

See what smart meters can do for you!

• Smart Meters Deliver Energy InSight - Discover the Benefits of CenterPoint Energy's smart electric meters (4:09)
• How Do I Get Energy InSight? - What to Expect When You Get Your Smart Meter (4:38)
• Energy InSight: It's More Than a Meter! - How to Build an Advanced Metering System (6:22)

Home Area Network (HAN) products and solutions

• A Day in the Life of a Smart Home (3:32) - smart meters will give you remote control of future smart appliances.

CenterPoint Energy's $200 million DOE Smart Grid Investment Grant will benefit consumers

On Aug. 5, 2009, CenterPoint Energy held a press event at the Port of Houston announcing its application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $200 million Smart Grid Investment Grant.

• Floyd LeBlanc, VP Corporate Communications, CenterPoint Energy (0:43)
• Bill Crews, manager Security and Emergency Operations, Port of Houston Authority (1:53)
• Tom Standish, senior VP and group president, Regulated Operations, CenterPoint Energy (9:49)
• The honorable Gene Green, U.S. House of Representatives - 29th Congressional District of Texas (2:01)

On Oct. 27, 2009, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. announced that the DOE had granted the company a $200 million award for its advanced metering system and intelligent grid projects.

• CNP CEO David McClanahan and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (6:48)