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Ice Bear Energy Storage System – 90 out of 100
Pairing Ice Energy’s Ice Bear with existing air conditioning units provides a cool solution to peak load shifting using basic and elegant principles of physics rather than complex algorithms.

Billions for Smart Grid in Stimulus... DOE Releases Grid Reports... Experts Predict Growth in Smart Grid Funding… Utilities Could See Revenue Shortfalls
US and UK governments propose Smart Grid investments... DOE and EPRI release studies and recommendations... Pundit sees Smart Grid deployment as a revenue loss for utilities... Excerpts published of new Electronomics book by Jesse Berst

NARUC Chairman Charts Smart Grid Path
Regulators have enormous influence over the where, when and how of the Smart Grid. Read our exclusive interview with the head of the regulators' national association for advice and warnings every utility should heed.

Will the Recession Kill the Smart Grid?
The question of the day is whether the recession will kill the Smart Grid boom. Click to read the forces for and against that lead to our conclusion – the slowdown will slow utility capital expenditures in general, but Smart Grid projects are likely to fare best of all.

Nationwide grid standards?… $170B for China’s grid… IBM backs BPL… SmartSynch acquisition… Google’s grid plans
Grid standards gain prominence... Another $170B for China’s grid... Carbon caps could break the grid... IBM financing BPL for rural customers... SmartSynch acquisition signals battle for C&I customers... Google’s Smart Grid plans... Smart Grid is $42B and growing.

DNP Secure Authentication – Essential to Smart Grid Progress
Until the arrival of the DNP Secure Authentication protocol, some utilities were backing away from Smart Grid initiatives over concerns the security costs would be too high. Power engineer and systems architect Erich W. Gunther gives the new specification 80 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. Click to find out why he thinks it’s critical to keeping utilities on the safe path to a Smart Grid.

PG&E picks GE... DR more valuable... Cisco Smart Grid?
PG&E chooses GE meters with Silver Spring module… NERC warns again of needed grid upgrades… DR value bigger than expected… Cisco gives $250K for a Smart Grid business concept… Ice Energy gets $35M second round.

Triangle MicroWorks Makes Interoperability Easier
Power engineer Erich W. Gunther gives the Triangle Microworks protocol stacks an outstanding 88 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. He notes that the products support only standards-based solutions – a key SGN scorecard attribute. Click to read why it scores so high – but why it is not enough on its own to guarantee success.

How Electronomics Will Make Utility Pros Rich
A massive, global trend is underway that will make the Smart Grid even more important than it is today. It will also create startup opportunities as compelling as those in the early days of PCs and the Internet. Click for a link to a new white paper from Jesse Berst that documents the changes and explains the 15 opportunities it opens up for companies large and small.

New Smart Grid research center... Allegheny launches pilots... Zigbee marches on
NSF funds major Smart Grid research… Allegheny launches Smart Grid pilots… Zigbee gets more wins… GE and Itron choose partners… New research on technology roadmaps and European metering.

Utility Attempts to Patent Advanced Metering
Southern California Edison has filed a patent on the use of advanced metering. Click to read why SCE took this move, how it intends to license the patent, and the implications for utilities and vendors.

Thomas Friedman to speak at GridWeek... Clinton gets the Smart Grid… Trilliant obtains financing… Flashy energy dashboard … GE snaps up Smart Grid company… New BPL Global offering… Important standard for home area networks.
Thomas Friedman to speak at GridWeek...Bill Clinton surprisingly specific on energy and grid needs… Trilliant latest Smart Grid company to snag big bucks from VCs… Greenbox and Silver Spring team on flashy dashboard for energy consumers… GE buys Irish Smart Grid company… BPL Global builds out its transformer monitoring… Important new specification for home area networks and meters.

Clinton gets the Smart Grid… Trilliant obtains financing… Flashy energy dashboard … GE snaps up Smart Grid company… New BPL Global offering… Important standard for home area networks.
Bill Clinton surprisingly specific on energy and grid needs… Trilliant latest Smart Grid company to snag big bucks from VCs… Greenbox and Silver Spring team on flashy dashboard for energy consumers… GE buys Irish Smart Grid company… BPL Global builds out its transformer monitoring… Important new specification for home area networks and meters.

The Electric System in 2030 (and How to Get There)
Where will the electric system be in 2030? Bruce Renz of NETL’s Modern Grid Strategy team paints two futures for us, one business-as-usual and one Smart Grid. He then lays out the very different results these two alternatives present. He contrasts likely reliability indices, generation increases, asset utilization, and other metrics. A useful tool for anyone who needs to explain why the Smart Grid is a valuable investment.

DR pricing… IBM to set Smart Grid standards?… Stabilizing renewables
DR pilot explores pricing options… IBM seeks to to set Smart Grid standards… New ways to stabilize renewables… Federal task force begins defining Smart Grid metrics… New research released.

First penalties from NERC... Self-healing advances... DR wars begin
NERC sends first notices of reliability violations... S&C Electric moves self-healing to the real world... Telepathx points to next-generation devices... EnergyConnect claims DR leadership in Northeast... UTC forms Smart Grid group... New research on BPL and wind transmission.

Data Privacy and Security Issues for Advanced Metering Systems (Part 2)
Utilities must take privacy and security concerns into account when designing AMI and must persuade consumers, regulators and politicians that privacy interests are adequately protected. Legal expert Mark Foley explains the best practices for utilities seeking to reduce AMI data privacy and security risks.

How the Smart Grid Is Opening Up Latin American Opportunities
Despite vast resources, many Latin American countries face significant barriers to secure, self-sustaining energy industries. A Smart Grid can bring the predictability and manageability that lowers risks and opens up new frontiers for vendors and investors alike. Click for a report special to Smart Grid News.

Major Smart Grid Projects Announced
Duke launches five-year Smart Grid modernization in Indiana... $1.7B in Smart Grid investment from ConEd in 2008... ComEd completes eight-year grid upgrade, Illinois group to study more improvements... Increasing wind power requires grid enhancements, DOE study finds... GridWise Alliance seeks President.

The Dangers of Meter Data (Part 1)
That meter data you’re so eager to collect? It could land your utility in hot water, unless you’re taking the right steps to protect your customers’ privacy. Legal expert Mark Foley explains the dangers and the solutions.

Why We Are Halfway Home to a Crucial Smart Grid Demonstration
Steve Pullins and Steve Bossart point to the upcoming Smart Grid demonstrations funded by Congress and under development by DOE.

Can Control4 Lead the Way to Wireless HAN Access?
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.

Iberdrola involvement leads to a Smart Grid for New York
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.

Metering America Proves LA Times Wrong!
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.

Making green buildings intelligent: how to link green buildings and the Smart Grid
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.

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New petition for evidence quality in SmartGrid ops
Folks we have a formal petition up before the California PUC we want you to know about. It is a petition to amend CPUC rule making and data storage standards established 30 years ago to ‘address digital evidence standards’ set in the California Appellate Court in California v Khaled, also known now as “the Red-Light Camera Killer”.

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