One of the questions Martin Rosenberg asked at the beginning of Thursday’s panel discussion at Gridweek is if smart grids are so smart, why did the blackout in the Southwest that left millions withour power […]
A number of speakers at Gridweek preferred to use any term but smart meters when referring to electricity meters that are able to record electricity usage by the hour or quarter hour. Duke Energy seems […]
Melanie Miller, from Duke Energy, gave a holistic view of what smart grid means to an integrated utility, one which after merging with Progress Energy will be the largest US utility. Duke Energy is one […]
One of the speakers at Gridweek quoted the CEO of Tendril saying, and I am paraphrasing, that up until now smart grid deployment has been pilots, but in the next six months you will see […]
One of the major issues in the utility space that directly affects the bottom line is data accuracy and timeliness. Estimates I have heard from utilities of the reliability of their records database (comprised of […]
At Gridweek Lee Krevat of San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) gave an overview of the smart grid program at SDG&E. A major driver for all California electric power utilities is renewable energy. SDG&E’s goal […]
An EPRI study, which updates an earlier 1994 report, estimates that the total cost over the next 20 years of deploying smart grid technology in the US will be between $338 billion and $476 billion. […]
At Gridweek yesterday, Ross Hemphill outlined Commonwealth Edison’s (ComEd) smart grid pilot program. The program, which was approved by the regulator and started in 2008, involves installation of 130,000 smart meters in and near Chicago […]