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Smart meter initiatives around the country in recent years have proven the concept. They are cost-effective and maximize energy efficiency, leading many governments to mandate advanced metering. Today a small fraction of U.S. meters are smart, but the segment is expected to grow between 15 percent and 20 percent annually. This section will keep you up-to-date with the fast-evolving technologies that underlie the smart metering phenomenon.
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National Grid plans to add a Sustainability Hub to its smart grid pilot in Worcester, MA to help educate customers and the community about energy efficiency and emerging technologies. National Grid has gone a long way to get and keep customers involved in the project from the very beginning.
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It looks like the buzz over the UK's plans for a massive smart meter rollout has fizzled a bit with the news that deployment has been delayed by at least a year. Ovum analyst Stuart Ravens offers a critical assessment of what went wrong.
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For the second time, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation that would have allowed ComEd to raise electric rates for smart grid upgrades. He said utilities shouldn't be allowed to "take over and run roughshod over families and businesses in our state."
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Many utilities are deploying smart grid technologies. But apparently Florida Power & Light's "network first" approach and willingness to invest heavily when others were not has given it some major bragging rights. Find out why MIT Technology Review says the utility is the first to put a comprehensive, large-scale smart grid online.
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The Daily Mail is using the UK's pending smart meter rollout as the excuse to run a "Big Brother" scare story about sinister technology that turns off refrigerators and freezers without their owner's consent. But the rabble rousers are adding another angle that may be even more nefarious.
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Should we be talking to consumers about smart homes instead of smart meters? That's what a new study out of the UK seems to suggest. Click for a quick peek at that report and three more we think you'll find as interesting as we did.
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Silver Spring and Sensus are battling for communications supremacy in the UK's massive smart meter rollout. At stake is a piece of Britain's $18.5 billion initiative, which calls for deploying 53 million smart meters by 2019.
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During Hurricane Sandy, even utilities with only partially complete smart grid implementations improved and streamlined outage management. Smart grid technology gave utilities greater visibility into affected areas with two-way communications. As this Silver Spring Networks white paper details, with real-time insight, the smart grid automated key processes, easily locating and rerouting power around trouble spots, reducing unnecessary truck rolls and saving costs.
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While Central and Eastern Europe are often overlooked by Western Europe, the region encompasses attractive candidates for smart grid investment. Smart meter spending there is expected to reach a cumulative $10.3 billion by 2023, according to the Northeast Group.
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The UK's smart meter rollout is highly unusual. And at first glance, Trilliant's announcement today is about future prepay capabilities as part of that rollout. But dig deeper and you'll see that it holds hints about where the UK market is going next. It may even portend a radically different approach to electric power for other regions, including North America.
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The latest in the ongoing ComEd smart grid saga is a lawsuit alleging the Chicago-area utility violated an Illinois Commerce Commission order to begin its smart meter rollout in 2012. Click for more on what the attorney who filed the suit is calling "the biggest bait-and-switch in Illinois history" - and for ComEd's response.
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As part of its advanced metering upgrade program, Silicon Valley Power flipped the switch this week to provide its Santa Clara customers with free, community-wide, outdoor wireless Internet access.
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More and more people are coming to agree that the regulatory model in the U.S. was well-suited for the 20th Century but is ill-suited to the 21st. Many believe the UK may point the way for other countries to follow, which is why recent developments there bear close watching.
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A district judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit brought against the city of Naperville, Illinois, by smart meter opponents who claimed the meters represent safety, health and privacy concerns. But he did leave the door open for a revised lawsuit, which the meter opposition group pledged to pursue.
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After an ultra-cautious original plan - and despite problems with meters catching fire - Peco Energy Co. is asking regulators if it can finish up its smart meter installations five years faster to save money. Will other slow-going utilities follow suit?
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