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The Obama Administration announced the first national standards for mercury and other pollutants from power plants yesterday, following years of effort from numerous state governments who fought long and hard for the rules.
by Peter Lehner
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DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory documents the country's first set of test procedures to optimize how electric vehicles connect to the smart grid.
by Derek Top
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The CEO of San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless talks about the company's unique technology and business model, the siloed nature of utilities, and future opportunities for VERGE technologies in building automation and logistics.
by Derek Top
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A look at the climate change efforts of PG&E, a finalist in the 2011 Gigaton Awards.
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A Vermont Law School study of seven U.S. smart grid initiatives find clearing policy and regulatory hurdles is necessary to spur progress and innovation
by Derek Top
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Naperville city utility has launched a $22 million smart grid initiative to radically improve efficiencies, increase reliability, manage costs, and develop a proactive customer service unit.
by Derek Top
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San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless will be provide networking platform for South Korea's Jeju Smart Grid Test-Bed project, considered one of the largest smart grid projects in the world.
by Derek Top
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A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) survey of 1200 U.S. residents finds younger, more educated consumers more likely to participate in energy management programs.
by Derek Top
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The utility's ClimateSmart program fell far short of the utility's initial expectations, with barely one-sixth of the anticipated 170,000 subscribers.
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The electricity industr group has developed a policy platform that pushes for market competition as the best way rapidly scale adoption of smart grid technologies.
by Derek Top
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In a ranking of 50 utilities across the country, PG&E topped the list in total spending on EE programs, as well as spending per megawatt-hour of sales. Other top-spending utilities include subsidiaries of National Grid, Edison International and Long Island Power Authority.
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Energy storage company Beacon Power, which received $56 million from the federal program since 2009, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The flywheel technology maker will maintain operations in its efforts to pay off creditors
by Derek Top
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The US Army, which speeds more than $1 billion per year on energy costs, has asked the RAND Corporation to recommend ways to collaborate with utilities in energy conservation projects.
by Derek Top
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New research from a smart grid industry group finds that the time for pilot projects is over, and lays out a checklist of best practices for utilities to engage their customers prior to and during smart meter rollouts.
by Derek Top
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The company has been focused on home automation and security since its founding in 1999, but is expanding its reach into the alternative energy market, funding 2,400 solar installations across four states.
by Derek Top
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Tim Healy, the CEO of EnerNOC, talks about how demand response can be an insurance policy for the grid, and how his company has succeeded at getting individuals and businesses alike to cut their energy use.
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The utility's comprehensive smart meter project made it easier for its repair crews to get power back to customers in the wake of the devastating tornado swarm this past spring.
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The Smart Grid Consumer Collective has nearly doubled its membership so far this year, and as GridWeek kicks off this week, plans to roll out research on how to speed customer adoption of smart grid technologies.
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Putting solar on new residential buildings is a win-win-win situation, but not an easy one to achieve: One development outside of Sacramento, Calif., shows how builders, utilities and cleantech companies can make it happen.
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Best Buy convened utility companies and other industry players for a conversation about ways they can work together to drive more efficient use of power.
by Neil McPhail
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IBM is testing the ability of the smart grid to change consumer behavior with a project letting 1,000 households see real-time, detailed energy data.
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Eight years ago, the U.S. suffered the biggest electrical blackout in its history. What is being done now to prevent future outages and protect the grid against other threats?
by energyNOW !
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Texas, like much of the country, is suffering through an extreme summer heat-wave. While utilities are hesitant to ask their customers to scale back the energy use, smart grid technologies offer a better way to keep the grid up.
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A U.K. plant that would convert waste to energy stalls before it's even built, Japan passing a bill to subsidize renewable energy and the U.S. possibly requiring disclosure of fracking chemicals are among the stories on our radar today.
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New rules passed last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may spur renewable energy and give regions access to cheaper power.