Why Interoperable Grid Software Will Pay for Itself
Interoperability is becoming more and more important to more and more industries as information sharing becomes vital to profitability and competitiveness. And now interoperability is becoming a major focus for the North American electric power industry. Although ROI (return on investment) studies exist for other industries, no such reports exist for the North American power grid.
Good starting point for the business case is to download the "Methodological Approach for Estimating the Benefits and Costs of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects" from the smartgridnews website. Then head ...