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The Smart Grid won't happen without leadership from the utility industry. In this section, you'll get a sense of how some of today's forward-thinking utilities are stepping up to the task.
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An EPRI evaluation of portable electronic devices (PEDs) such as the iPod Touch or the Android has found that PED technology will present significant opportunities in the handheld meter/diagnostic device arena and will subsequently become a major component of the Smart Grid sensor market where data needs to be streamed, stored and selectively uploaded from a remote location to a centralized location. Click to download the executive summary. |
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The Smart Grid tsunami is nearing the shore. Without preparation, you and your company could be victims. With forethought, you could emerge as victors. The key is to get to the high ground… but where’s that going to be? Jesse Berst says we can learn from other industries that have gone through similar upheavals. Click to read insights from telecommunications, transportation and retailing. |
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Cisco was a big winner in the Internet world and is looking to be equally so in the Smart Grid space. But we count at least five hurdles the networking giant will have to overcome (and you may think of a few we’ve overlooked). So click inside and take a look; there's a Quick Poll too. |
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There’s much to like about what Cisco is doing to connect the dots in the Smart Grid space. But for utilities, Cisco’s vision may pose some real challenges. High cost, hidden lock-ins and cloud computing are on our worry list. But there’s more too. |
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OG&E, Oklahoma’s largest electric utility, recently announced that it has selected Alcatel-Lucent to build a private wide area network (WAN) to support its smart grid implementation. The company also announced the choices of Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., to conduct a complete inventory of its distribution network from substation to smart meter and the ABB Group to provide a distribution management system (DMS) for the program. |
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Residential customers of electric utility providers indicate that their monthly electric bill amounts have declined and power reliability has improved from 2009, resulting in a notable increase in overall satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) released today. |
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A surge in the popularity of solar energy systems has prompted Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to propose new, lower subsidies for residential customers who install photovoltaic (PV) arrays. |
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Southern California Edison achieved a milestone Monday with the installation of its one millionth smart meter. |
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American utilities will need to adopt a new business model if they're going to succeed in a 21st century that demands clean, low-carbon electricity and customer engagement, according to a report prepared for the sustainability advocacy coalition Ceres. |
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The most successful utilities in the 21st Century will be very different from those of the 20th Century. To remain competitive, U.S. utilities will need to provide cleaner, low-carbon electricity while enabling customers to better manage and reduce their energy use. Achieving this will require significant changes to the traditional utility business model. |
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Customers who “get” the Smart Grid technologies their utilities are involved in tend to be more satisfied with their electricity providers, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates. Problem is, not many consumers get it. See which states can claim the highest consumer awareness. |
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Georgia Power today asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to increase its base rates approximately $615 million, or 8.2 percent of the company's retail rates, to recover the costs of investments in cleaner generation sources, power lines, smart grid technologies, environmental controls and energy efficiency programs to meet current and future customer demand. |
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As General Motors announced Texas availability of the nation’s first plug-in Chevrolet Volts, Oncor affirmed its commitment to make electric car ownership a smart transportation choice. |
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Although $4.5 billion in government stimulus funds have been earmarked for the development of smart grid utility systems and infrastructure, awareness of the technology tends to be low among residential customers of electric utilities, according to J.D. Power and Associates. This raises a significant opportunity for utility providers, as customers who are aware of smart grid and smart meter technology are considerably more satisfied with their residential electric service than customers who are not aware. |
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ComEd filed today a rate increase request with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to allow the utility to continue modernizing its electric delivery system and recover the cost of substantial investments made since the last rate filing in 2007. The requested increase would raise the average $86 residential monthly bill by approximately 7 percent or less than $6 per month.
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Video from the recent ‘Secrets of Customer Adoption’ webinar presented by Smart Grid News and Accenture is now available. Click inside for links. |
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Spectrum Bridge, Inc, in partnership with Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative & Telecommunications (PSREC) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), announced today that Plumas-Sierra County, CA has launched the nation’s first “Smart Grid” wireless network trial utilizing TV White Spaces spectrum. With its outstanding propagation characteristics, ability to penetrate foliage and non-line of sight connectivity, PSREC chose TV White Spaces to enable “Smart Grid” technologies to investigate more efficient ways to manage its supply-and-demand of electricity, improve System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) with PSREC Substations and provide broadband Internet access to underserved areas. |
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BGE is deeply disappointed, frustrated, and frankly surprised, by the Maryland Public Service Commission's (PSC) decision to deny our application to deploy advanced energy meters to each of our 1.2 million customers and save them $2.6 billion. |
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This is the order detailing the Maryland Public Service Commission's denial of Baltimore Gas & Electric's application to deploy a Smart Grid initiative and to establish a surcharge for the recovery of cost. |
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If you missed our "Lessons from the Real World: Secrets of Customer Adoption" Webinar, the PowerPoint presentation is now available for download. |
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This is the first segment of the Secrets of Customer Adoption Webinar presented with Accenture and BC Hydro as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Accenture's Greg Guthridge and Bart Schoonbaert discuss the latest consumer research and present key challenges and potential barriers that utility companies face when approaching the residential mass market. |
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This is the second segment of the Secrets of Customer Adoption Webinar presented with Accenture and BC Hydro as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Greg Guthridge and Bart Schoonbaert of Accenture drill down on parameters of their recent consumer survey and present the top 5 key findings, going into depth on the consumer paradox and trust factor.
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This is the third segment of the Secrets of Customer Adoption Webinar presented with Accenture and BC Hydro as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Greg Guthridge and Bart Schoonbaert of Accenture continue with key findings from their recent global consumer survey with a discussion of emerging barriers and channel diversification.
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This is the fourth segment of the Secrets of Customer Adoption Webinar presented with Accenture and BC Hydro as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Greg Guthridge and Bart Schoonbaert of Accenture continue with findings from their recent global consumer survey, keying in on the complexity of consumer preferences. This segment also introduces Jim Nelson from BC Hydro.
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This is the fifth segment of the Secrets of Customer Adoption Webinar presented with Accenture and BC Hydro as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World series. Jim Nelson from BC Hydro discusses some of his utility's practices and lessons learned while marketing energy efficiency programs over the last 20 years.
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