Greenbox Delivers Energy Usage Understanding to Utility Customers Greenbox Technology Inc. is demonstrating an integrated Internet service that lets consumers view, interpret, and act on their everyday utility consumption. Have they succeeded at creating a truly useful portal? Click to read why it scores 85 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. Jun 9, 2009     Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Can Utilities Have Their Cake and Eat it Too with the ICI Networks MISUR™ Router? Technology expert Erich W. Gunther says the Modular Infrastructure Scalable Router (MISUR™) from ICI Networks might just raise a few eyebrows. Although considered by most to be the "gold standard" when it comes to measuring the functionality of network infrastructure solutions, "substation hardened" has not typically been used within the Cisco vocabulary. Can utilities have their cake and eat it too with the ICI Networks MISUR™ router? Click to read why it scores 80 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. Mar 16, 2009     Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

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THE TUESDAY TOPIC Will natural gas kill the smart grid? Natural gas is getting so cheap that it may become cheaper and faster to slap up a gas-fired peaking plant than to implement a complicated demand response or renewable project - two of the biggest drivers of a smart grid. Yikes! Will natural gas alternatives make the smart grid too expensive by comparison? That's this week's Tuesday Topic in our discussion forum. Please join in. Join the discussion >>