Dynamic Voltage Control Delivers Every Day
In early 2006, KCP&L executives looked for ways to reduce system peak demand. The distribution automation engineering group proposed a voltage reduction...
OpenADR Alliance Demonstrates Interoperability With the new OpenADR 2.0 Smart Grid Standard
The OpenADR Alliance has announced the successful completion of an interoperability test event – a step that is critical for implementing the OpenADR 2.0 standard for demand response in commercial, industrial and residential customer applications. ...
Moving Beyond Pilots
Utilities around the world are changing the way they do business to meet the ever-increasing expectations of their customers, regulators, legislatures...
Consumer Understanding Remains Central Obstacle to the Smart Grid
Consumer understanding and acceptance of the smart grid remains one of the biggest obstacles to full implementation, according to a survey conducted by the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP)....
Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative Grows to 70 Members
The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), an independent non-profit group specializing in research and education on consumer engagement for the smart grid era, now has 70 members, an increase of 40 percent since January 2011, when it had fifty. ...
OpenADR Alliance Selects Testing and Certification Lab
The OpenADR Alliance has selected Intertek as its exclusive testing and certification laboratory, providing conformance testing and certification for OpenADR 2.0 compliant products for interoperability with the smart grid. ...
Customer Energy Management Systems Essential for Smart Grid Implementation
The Energy Information Standards Alliance (EIS Alliance) has released a new white paper that explains Customer Energy Management Systems (CEMS) and why they will be at the heart of the technology systems that manage home and building energy consumption and interactions with the smart grid....
National Action Plan Coalition Calls for Stronger Federal Vision for Demand Response Implementation
The National Action Plan Coalition last week decried the federal government for its "lack of a clear vision and strategy for implementing demand response" and urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and national policymakers to take a stronger leadership role and form a broad platform for communicating the benefits of demand response to the American public. ...
Smart Grid Demand Response: White Paper
Demand response refers to all functions and processes applied to influence the behavior of energy consumption. This can range from simple signaling, e-mail, SMS, or a phone call to a person who switches a load on or off, to fully integrated load management, where many consumption devices are dynamically controlled according to availability or to the price of energy. Read more......
Texas Utilities Announce Results from Virtual Peak Plant Solution
Texas-based Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and Pedernales Electric Cooperative have released early results from a smart grid pilot project....
BGE Engages Customers
One thing is certain, like the established consumer markets of days past, utilities will need to engage consumers in a whole new way to be successful....
Communications System Design
Electric power delivery is among the most communications-centric industries in existence. But even for the largest electric utilities, the telecom planning...
A New Breed of Cooperative
NineStar Connect was created on Jan. 1, 2011, the result of a merger of two progressive cooperatives: Central Indiana Power (CIP) and Hancock Telecom....
Smart Customer Choices
The 21st century started off with dire predictions of an electric infrastructure collapse, but 10 years later, the grid is still working. Instead of disintegration,...
Smart Spending on a Smart Grid
In October 2009, the U.S. federal government awarded $3.4 billion in investment grants for 100 smart grid projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
