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As the Smart Grid moves from concept to reality, it will not be business-as-usual for the world’s electric utilities. The utility sector will change more in the next 10 years than it has in the past 50 years. This section will lead you to the articles, discussions, white papers and resources to prepare for this tsunami of change.
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PG&E, the San Francisco-based utility that took such a beating for lousy customer service during smart meter rollouts, has convened an advisory panel to evaluate the impact of the company's meter program on customers and to help steer future meter deployments. |
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Chicago's ComEd has launched what it calls its "ComEd Smart Grid Innovation Corridor," a combination of five Smart Grid pilot projects that will cover 10 of the city's communities and will build on smart meters currently installed in 130,000 households. |
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As the Smart Grid unfolds, utilities face pressing challenges they've never seen before. How do you grapple with technologies, programs and services that are brand new — and get it right the first time? Click inside for a new service to help utilities prepare for Smart Grid deployments, and to do it with less time and money. |
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Grid-scale energy storage is expected to take off in the next 10 years as the volume of renewable energy grows, Smart Grid initiatives go online and EVs take to the highways, according to a new report from Pike Research. |
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As locales around the world implement smart grids, the next wave will be smart cities. In a special post for Smart Grid News, Forrester researcher Usman Sindhu and analyst Doug Washburn explain the smart city initiative and why utility CIOs and CTOs need to be part of the conversation. |
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Security expert Andy Bochman contends in today’s post that the kind of Smart Grid threats he typically writes about – cyber attacks, Stuxnet viruses and the like – aren't the biggest challenge to Smart Grid success. Click inside to learn what worries Andy even more. |
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A settlement reached Friday could clear the way for Xcel Energy to bill customers $44.5 million for its SmartGridCity project, but the issue is scheduled for hearings this week in front of the Colorado PUC. |
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Renewable energy technologies, supported by government stimulus programs and other incentives, have sweetened the global economic outlook, and six clean technologies are expected to experience double digit growth in five years, according to SBI Energy. |
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Countering news reports that Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colorado is on life supports, an Xcel spokesman told Smart Grid News that scenario is “not even close to the truth.” Click for details. |
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Xcel Energy's pioneering SmartGridCity pilot program will not be duplicated or expanded, according to Xcel CEO David Eves. And the company is losing support for its bid to recover project costs. |
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Global spending on new transmission and distribution equipment and services will reach $107 billion this year, according to a recently released market report. |
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With broadband in every home or ubiquitous AMI still years off, you've got to wonder how off-the-shelf products made today can possibly provide DR opportunities for all consumers, wherever they may live, without becoming obsolete in the next decade or two. EPRI’s Brian Seal outlines one interesting solution. |
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A new PriceWaterhouseCoopers quarterly report says the increased value and volume of mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2010 provides reason for continued optimism in the utility and energy generation sector. And stimulus funds and Smart Grid deployments play a big role. |
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A new Smart Grid report forecasts that the meter data management market will grow from $54 million in 2009 to $221 million by 2014. The phenomenal growth will be fueled by smart meter deployments and expanded product offerings. |
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Baltimore Gas & Electric will continue with its $835 million smart meter deployment, the utility announced Monday, despite Maryland regulators' rejection of its proposal to have most of the project's initial costs paid for with upfront consumer surcharges. |
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The Maryland Public Service Commission gave approval to a revised Smart Grid proposal from Baltimore Gas & Electric that is supported by $200 million in Recovery Act money. But the approval came with conditions. |
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A joint effort by Ford, Xtreme Power and Detroit Edison to build a solar energy system will provide a window into industrial applications for renewable energy, Smart Grid technologies and energy storage. |
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It hasn't been cheap or easy, but Portugal has made incredible strides toward a green energy future: Almost 45% of the country's power will be from renewable energy sources this year, quite a jump from 17% five years ago. |
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Congress this week took a second swipe at DOE's renewable energy loan guarantee program to the tune of $1.5 billion to help out teachers and medical and social services. Obviously, that's good news for teachers. But bad news for the renewable energy industry. |
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In just one minute and 51 seconds, this nicely rendered video from Consolidated Edison NY does an impressive job simplifying the complexities of Smart Grid technologies and showing how they work together and - more importantly - what it will all mean for New York residents as the pieces are put in place. It's a smart way to tell the consumer story. |
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With less than two months until the deadline to obligate funds under the Recovery Act, an analysis from the DOE Inspector General raises concern about the Energy Department’s ability to meet the deadline with some $3.4 billion in limbo. Click inside for details. |
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If the Center for Energy Workforce Development has it right, 40% to 60% of the energy utility workforce could be eligible to retire in 2012. And according to the NREL, one of the leading barriers to renewable energy and energy-efficiency growth today is a shortage of training and skills. Put it all together and it’s a remarkably grim forecast for an industry undergoing a massive and demanding transformation. That’s why the DOE’s Applied Energy Office is asking for your help. It has posted this RFI seeking input from stakeholders on scope and priorities for its education and workforce development activities. There’s no money involved; just a chance to do your bit to make the world a cleaner one. |
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Feed-in tariff (FIT) programs in Europe have resulted in dramatic growth in renewable energy over the past decade. In fact, an exhaustive new report from the National Research Energy Laboratory (NREL) says FITs accounted for the deployment of 55,000 MW of wind power and 15,000 MW of solar PV in the EU between 2000 and 2009. In comparison, the U.S. had 25,000 MW of wind power at the end of 2009 and 1,250 MW of solar PV. This 144-page NREL report is an impressive piece of work designed to help U.S. policymakers understand FIT design alternatives and best practices worldwide. |
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Arizona regulators adopted rules that would require electric utilities to cut power sales 22% by 2020 in an aggressive move to save energy. And just so you know how well it's going over: The state's largest utility supports it; at least two others think the goal is unrealistic. What do YOU think? We’ve got a poll inside. |
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Once the industry's poster child, Xcel Energy's grand SmartGridCity experiment in Boulder, Colorado is suddenly under attack. Documents piling up before the state's PUC reveal a he-said, she-said tale of cost overruns, unmet promises, departing executives and a belated request for ratepayers to foot the bill. Jesse Berst says the industry better get prepared for damage control. |
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