Demand Response Top of Mind with Utilities, New Research Reveals Research from Pacific Crest Securities reveals that demand response has jumped past reliability and deferred construction as the top motivator for Smart Grid deployments. Click to read more and to learn how to get free access to future research. May 6, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Smart Grid Standards Done Right Face it folks – we’re not going to get the Smart Grid we want (and at the price we can afford) without strong interoperability standards. We need more standards, we need better standards and we need them in a hurry. Here is the first in a series of articles from EPRI expert Joe Hughes on how we get there and how you and your company can benefit. Sep 11, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   6 Active Comment(s)

Texas grid saved by demand response...Florida outage was predictable...California proposes Smart Grid... Texas grid saved by demand response... Florida outage was predictable... California proposes Smart Grid... Pennsylvania should choose advanced meters over rate caps... Hawaii has opportunity to implement Smart Grid... NERC -- grid improvements without building new transmission lines. Mar 5, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Growing Use of Sensors...BPL or WiFi for the Smart Grid...GIS maps the Smart Grid. Growing use of sensors...BPL or WiFi for the Smart Grid... GIS maps the Smart Grid...Renewable interoperability...U.S. renewable investors. Dec 5, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   16 Active Comment(s)

Bob Galvin asks why can’t power be perfect...Energy Insights Finds the Smart Grid...$3.6B in new fuses and are any of them smart... Bob Galvin asks why consumers do not get the same level of service that they get from other businesses...Energy Insights published study analyzing different strategies utilities are using to tackle critical intelligent grid needs...Freedonia Group study forecasting that U.S. demand for circuit breakers and fuses will grow 3.7% per year through 2011 to $3.6B. Oct 30, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   1 Active Comment(s)

PHEV in the news... More work for GIS, OMS, SCADA vendors... Coal on the way out... Hybrids continue to get a lot of attention. Utilities continue to seek technological upgrades and workforce efficiencies. There are serious arguments for decentralized generation for the Smart Grid. Oct 11, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   1 Active Comment(s)

AMI advances Smart Grid... Progress for demand response and metering...Digital signal processing is key to Smart Grid... Smart Grid…Progress for demand response and metering… Digital signal processing is key to Smart Grid…EUCI conference to emphasize Smart Grid strategies… Grid Interop... Sep 29, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Smart Grid misconceptions... Selling demand response... NERC CIP--are you ready?... Smart Grid misconceptions… Implementing demand response... CIP compliance -- are you ready?... Grid Interop Forum... Demand response update. Sep 11, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

$1.46B lost per day in LA blackout... Ten Steps to NERC compliance... Crucial technologies for demand response $1.46B lost per day in LA blackout…Ten steps to NERC compliance… Crucial technologies for demand response… Grid InterOP Forum…DR Update. Aug 29, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Future of Grid is DC?... Energy Islands for storage... ISO New England issues survey Future of Grid is DC?... Energy Islands for storage... ISO NE survey reveals need for DR and grid... DR gets good grade for the summer of 2006... PHEVs can help the environment Aug 14, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

PHEVs may curb GHG... UCI to evaluate Toyota PHEV... Reconsidering meter choices PHEVs may curb GHG someday... UC Irvine to evaluate Toyota PHEV... PGE compels utilities to reconsider smart meter decisions... Start now to get a Smart Grid tomorrow... NERC reliability standards explained Efficiency improvements through CHP PGE plan for renewable and DR integration AMR expected from many municipal planners... DOE funding for predictive software... UK to save billions with smart meters. Aug 1, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Online tool for metering decisions... Business endorses Smart Grid... Steps to a next-generation utility. Online tool for metering decisions... Outage management biggest AMI benefit... Europe leapfrogging U.S. in metering... Business leaders endorse Smart Grid... Utilities increasing their IT investment... Steps to become a next-generation utility... The potential of wireless sensors... DE for peaking power... Grid interoperability forum... Europe's Smart Grid goals... Are CIOs the Smart Grid pathfinders?... SCADA security: 14 points of vulnerability. Jul 5, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Europe's Smart Grid plans... Smart Grid justifies AMI... Smart Grid and C02 reduction... Smarter electricity for Europe... KEMA finds smart meter acceptance... The business case for remote disconnect/connect... Forbes article supports smart meters... Smart Grid can reduce C02... Consumer-managed demand response... GridWise: a status report... Dealing with a difficult utility culture... Utilities blocking net metering. Jun 20, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

DR and AMI could yield billions... Phased approach to MDM... The business case for a Smart Grid DR and AMI could yield billions... A smart approach to MDM... A business case for AMI… Two alternatives for data transfer… Storage: the key to solar in a Smart Grid… AMI success driven by DR… Power over power: the grid’s future… Industry-wide coordination for a Smart Grid… MDM heating up… Corporate consolidation because of Smart Grid complexity. May 28, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Interoperability checklist... Making the case for new transmission... Rising interest in microgrids Important interoperability checklist... Wind helps makes the case for new transmission Links… Rising interest in microgrids… Culture and border hurdles for Euro Grid…  Energy research grant opportunity. May 9, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Jump in grid construction... Next-generation communications... Hybrids need smart grid Big increase in transmission construction... UTC launches major study on grid communications... Smart metering pilot could provide important answers... Plug-in hybrids require Smart Grid... Texas can meet all needs with efficiency and renewables... EU sets out its grid research agenda. Apr 5, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

DR could save mid-Atlantic $182M per year... Peak demand to grow 16.7% in 10 years... Smart metering guide for utilities Demand response could reduce energy prices by $57-182M in the mid-Atlantic area alone, says Brattle Group… PJM says peak electricity use to grow by 16.7% in the next 10 years… EEI commissions smart metering guide from Plexus Research… Ultra-high voltage DC testing facility. Feb 20, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

US transmission showing age... New England needs $3.5B... Utilities concerned about aging grid Fitch report says U.S. transmission system is showing its age... ISO New England assessment says region needs $3.5B in new transmission... Black Veatch surveys finds utilities worried about reliability, grid, and workforce... NYSTAR funds distributed generation test-bed... Galvin Electricity Initiative predicts bleak future without grid transformation... New international grid research collaborative forms. Nov 28, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Problems loom, says NERC... Smart Grid for San Diego?... Meter data is key NERC forecast warns of big gap between demand and supply, suggests demand response as one solution... Report documents ROI for San Diego Smart Grid... Meter data management is the need of the hour... Metering and outage management integration success. Nov 7, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Appeals for grid upgrades... Metering and BPL trend reports The fragile future of US grids... AEP and National Grid warn of urgent transmission needs Policy centers call for renewables research and grid upgrades... RF mesh best for advanced metering?... New market reports on advanced metering and on BPL. Oct 10, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

WAMS for U.S... Automation market growing... Proof of DR value U.S. needs WAMS says government... World market for EMS, SCADA and DMS hits $1.4B... Smart metering spending set to grow... NERC moves to enforcement... Europe's future energy shortage... DR research proves value. Sep 18, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

DOE warning... Transmission investments rising... Grid-simulation laboratory New DOE report warns of transmission problems... Investments in transmission network rising... Colorado's new grid-simulation lab... The future of microgrid technology... Cyber security receives due attention... DE gains flavor... Lack of standardization affecting DR and AMI adoption... Increased spending on automation and IT. Aug 26, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Transmission congestion... European Smart Grid... Smart meters and EPAct Transmission congestion threatens national grid... European Smart Grid roadmap... New technologies driving transmission market... Smart meters and the Energy Policy Act... National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency... Direct to DC distribution... India’s booming energy sector. Aug 13, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

How to slow demand growth in Canada... Distributed energy ripens... Renewable barriers and opportunities Study confirms potential to slow energy demand growth in Canada... Alternative and distributed energy market ripens... Digital relay sales growth... Challenges and opportunities for renewables... The future of China’s power sector. Aug 2, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

New State-of-the-Art Center for Grid Operations Research A brand-new facility could become an important training and research asset for utilities and transmission operators all over the country. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's new Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center was designed to research ways to "move grid operations from minutes to seconds." Aug 2, 2006    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

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SMART GRID NEWS TALK BACK BUZZ Re:Mr Andersons concerns The intent of Smart Grid in places such as Southern California is not for the utility to control things such as thermostats but to provide information so consumers can make choices. If a consumer were to receive a pricing signal that indicated energy was going to be higher at a given point in the day they could chose to act ... Talk Back right now to Michael Mayer