Feature Article And They're Off! The Race for Stimulus Funds The newly released guidelines for Smart Grid ARRA funding attempts to placate critics of the preliminary rules. What has changed and what is left to be done? Keep reading for an important summary and analysis of DOE’s latest attempt to spread the wealth around.  More>>

News Roundup Lewisboro, NY, Power Customers Want To Be Power Suppliers... Itron and Ambient partner for expanded Smart Grid services... Cisco targets corporate energy management Can Lewisboro citizens sell their non-use of electricity back to utilities?... Itron partners with Ambient to combine AMI and communications solutions... New Cisco product will help create smart buildings... GridPoint gets access to Lixar’s developers and tools for energy efficiency and load management... Best Buy makes plans to sell Smart Grid products.  More>> News Roundup NY report finds no problem from PHEV charging at night... Climate change bill is good news for Smart Grid... Microsoft announces home energy management software Smart Grid will help PHEV charging, NYISO says... Grid-friendly climate change bill heads to the Senate... Microsoft follows in Google’s footsteps... Funding Opportunity Announcements now available from DOE... First-of-its-kind study analyzes detailed costs and benefits for utilities with comprehensive Smart Grid deployments  More>>

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SMART GRID NEWS TALK BACK BUZZ Power Line Communication and PRIME I was wondering what role will PLC play in the smart grid network. Will it be primarily for WAN type of communication or is the thought is that it can be used at the node/HAN level. thank you in advance ... Talk Back right now to Ed Pazmino

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