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Grid Modernization Initiatives

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. More>>

News & Projects

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. More>>

Spotlight

Why Gore and Pickens Have Energy Backwards (and Kevin Costner Had It Right)

Bless Al Gore and T. Boone Pickens for proposing ambitious energy plans. But when it comes to the Smart Grid, both of them are suggesting “if they come, then we will build it.” Sorry, but that’s backwards. Any realistic national energy policy must start with grid modernization. Alex Zheng explains why if we build it, prosperity will come. More>>

Feature Article

Proposed SCE Approach Could Defer or Do Away with Tens of Millions in New Construction

A new concept from SCE may provide a way for utilities to do away with excess capacity reserves and substantially reduce the need for new wires and new generation. It’s an early example of the kind of centralized, wide-area approach the Smart Grid makes possible. Utilities with transmission assets will want to take notice. More>>

Spotlight

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. Learn the best practices for utilities seeking to reduce AMI data privacy and security risks More>>

GRIDWISE ALLIANCE NEWS

Why Gore and Pickens Have Energy Backwards (and Kevin Costner Had It Right)

The Smart Grid – How Do We Get There?

Will the Wilderness Society stop the Smart Grid?

Dynamic Pricing is Smart Grid’s Secret Sauce

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) – Will It Stimulate Modernization?

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Electric System in 2030 (and How to Get There)

DR pricing… IBM to set Smart Grid standards?… Stabilizing renewables

First penalties from NERC... Self-healing advances... DR wars begin

IntelliTEAM® -- Designed With the Smart Grid Utility in Mind

Data Privacy and Security Issues for Advanced Metering Systems (Part 2)

GRID AUTOMATION

Proposed SCE Approach Could Defer or Do Away with Tens of Millions in New Construction

GRIDWISE ARCHITECTURE COUNCIL SPECIAL EDITION

Smart Grid Interoperability For ALL

Interoperability and Virtual Peaking

Next-Generation Grid Visualization

GRID RESEARCH

Texas grid saved by demand response...Florida outage was predictable...California proposes Smart Grid...

Growing Use of Sensors...BPL or WiFi for the Smart Grid...GIS maps the Smart Grid.

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...

PHEV in the news... More work for GIS, OMS, SCADA vendors... Coal on the way out...

AMI advances Smart Grid... Progress for demand response and metering...Digital signal processing is key to Smart Grid...

Smart Grid News
BLOG Buzz

Consumer Bills Lower - HA!

When was the last time you heard of a consumer bill getting lower. As consumers all we do is cut back and cut back and then up getting higher power ...

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