Were you unable to attend this year’s show? Or did you have limited time to spend in the exposition? You can check out the IEEE PES show blog, which includes updates from the event. You can also see what you may have missed in S&C’s booth. We’re featuring videos on S&C’s YouTube channel with remarks [...]
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Solving the Smart Grid Interoperability Challenge
During a recent panel discussion in Chattanooga, Tenn., about the smart grid, S&C’s President John Estey made an important point about how to successfully implement an intelligent grid: “What you need is people who understand the applications and how to knit these things together, because it isn’t about smart meters. It isn’t about IntelliRupters. It’s [...]
Smart Goals for the Smart Grid
It’s the time of year to set goals again. I’ve seen many conversations over the past couple of weeks on goals for the smart grid in 2012—including a Tuesday Topic at Smart Grid News—and I couldn’t resist chiming in with my own views. Since I work closely with smart grid programs and technology, I’ve been [...]
Home Energy Management: A Few More Pieces of the Puzzle
How well will consumers embrace active management of their home energy consumption? It’s a potentially billion-dollar question in the home energy management market. On this blog, Mike Edmonds has expressed skepticism about whether consumers are willing, or even able, to buy the in-home technology that will help them better manage energy use. I’ve seen the [...]
Making a Brighter-and Less Expensive-Holiday Season with a Smarter Grid
The days are short in the northern hemisphere during the holiday season. But they are brightened by the millions of lights festooned on buildings, plants, and practically any structure to which a string of lights can be attached. Most people simply enjoy the lights, or at worst are indifferent to them. But as someone [...]
Renewable Energy and the Energy Efficiency Puzzle
The Brattle Group’s recent study on Energy Efficiency and Demand Response in 2020 (featured in Smart Grid News) shares an interesting prediction: U.S. electricity consumption will drop 5-15% by 2020 relative to forecast trends, while peak demand will drop 7.5-15% compared to forecasts. The push to reduce energy costs and consumption will no doubt be [...]
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