Microsoft revealed a new web service just two weeks ago, which is designed to help users manage and track power usage of their houses, named Hohm. Today the company has announced that Hohm has moved into public beta, meaning anyone can sign up and create an account.

In a blog posting Michaeljon Miller, software architect for Microsoft Hohm stated "the team’s been sitting in a conference room on campus since about 5:30 this morning watching things spin up. Considering this is the first major web application that most of the team has shipped, things went extremely well."

Microsoft Hohm is aimed at home owners to allow them to save energy and money. Microsoft claims Hohm will provide increasingly more accurate and relevant suggestions for energy conservation as its users contribute home energy input and feedback

Currently, the public beta is only open to US residents, at this time we do not know if it will become available in other markets. You may visit the Microsoft Hohm web site and sign up by going to the Microsoft Hohm web site.