By SGN Staff

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It wouldn't be the end of another year without a look back -- and that's what our annual list of smart grid winners, losers and fence sitters is all about. Take a look, and then use the comment form to agree, disagree or add your own suggestions.

And our smart grid winners are …

Pecan Street. Despite its status as one of the true pioneers, Austin's Pecan Street project has taken very few arrows in the back.

Texas PUC. Setting up Texas as a retail competition state is starting to really benefit consumers.

SDG&E. The San Diego utility continues to rack up awards, including recognition as the country's smartest utility. It finished the bulk of its smart meter rollout in 2011 and is now busy integrating solar PV, improving customer initiatives and blending in distribution automation.

SGCC-- In what may be the most useful study we've seen in a long time, the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative has identified best practices for smart grid consumer engagement based on real-world findings from 20 mature AMI projects around the country.

Glendale Water & Power. Glendale Water & Power, the first utility to win a Recovery Act stimulus grant, became the first to wrap up its smart grid project with the completion of an installation of smart electric and water meters for the 120,000 customers in its service territory.