Control4’s HC-300 Home Controller holds a lot of promise for enabling the home area network link to demand response and other energy efficiency measures. Scoring 83 out of 100 today with promise for higher metrics in the future, it qualifies as Smart Grid technology.     

New York shunning Smart Grid opportunity?... ONCOR purchase may signal BPL problems... CA looking hard at Smart Grid expansion... British Columbia business coalition tries to forestall opposition to new transmission... PGE overcomes ratepayer opposition, gets go-ahead for 850,000 smart meters... National Smart Grid Committee kicks off in May.     3 Active Comment(s)

LA Times says smart meters outdated? How wrong can they be? Wrong, wrong wrong says Metering America...Elster’s million plus radio frequency deployment supports a Smart Grid... Florida Power & Light builds a Smart Grid with Silver Spring...No Jetson toy here...Broadband is not the foundation of a Smart Grid.     13 Active Comment(s)

A new energy ecosystem is emerging that connects smart, green buildings with a smart, green grid to optimize energy flows. This represents a significant opportunity for energy efficiency and mass-scale renewable generation. But creating a new, green energy ecosystem requires linking today’s heavily "stove piped" separate systems within buildings, as well creating linking between buildings and the grid. It also means expanding the definition of green buildings to include the digital smarts that connect diverse systems. The recent Green Intelligent Buildings Conference focused on ways to cut through "stovepipes" and build those new linkages.