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The fragility of the electric grid is on everyone's minds — it's time to make it a more resilient, reliable energy system.
by Sarah Golden
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Where should our infrastructure spending go?
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Utility bill data or interval data? Utility-owned smart meters or building-installed meters? Parsing the advantages and disadvantages of various energy data types.
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How utilities are taking advantage of customer-owned energy storage and demand flexibility.
by Mark Dyson
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The battle over the Pepco-Exelon Merger, which would create the nation's largest utility, reveals more consolidation and rate fights and on the horizon.
by Rachel Gold
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New research shows that it won't necessarily take super storage to scale renewable energy, but it will take a mix of locally-generated and utility-scale power.
by RP Siegel
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A New England Clean Energy Council report identifies steps to optimize the region's electrical grid beyond energy preparedness.
by Robert Kropp
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Central Hudson Gas & Electric's two-year plan includes building microgrids and increasing community solar.
by Elisa Wood
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Decentralization and resiliency are keys to stronger grids.
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The heads of two progressive utilities offer clues on how to profit with solar, combined heat and power, and microgrids.
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Microgrids and cogeneration kept the lights on for NYU and a housing development while Sandy caused widespread outages.
by Mary Barber
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Investment in smart meters and a competitive market have put Texas well past other states on the way to a modernized smart grid.
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Want proof that the smart-grid ecosystem is alive and well? Nest Labs' news that it has signed partnerships with some of the US's biggest utilities should suffice. But more innovation is still needed.
by Jamie Fine
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Winners from DOE's $100,000 cash-prize challenge include a Facebook app using trees to visualize energy use and how businesses can obtain ENERGY STAR benchmarks
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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New rules passed last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may spur renewable energy and give regions access to cheaper power.
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Utilities are facing unprecedented demands to reduce load and increase efficiency, while also fighting an uphill battle to change consumer behavior. Here's how one utility is winning the fight.
by John Davies
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SAP's recent conference on the evolution of the utility industry highlighted the unique challenges that energy companies face in the transition to a smart, hyperconnected electrical grid.
by John Davies
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The company, a subsidiary of utility giant Exelon, launched what it is calling a "Smart Grid Innovation Corridor" in 10 Northern Illinois communities where there are already smart meters installed in 130,000 homes. Five pilot tests will take place in the corridor, using the smart meter technology as the foundation.
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By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately, but its supporters need to be honest about costs as well as the benefits, since both are substantial.
by Marc Gunther
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Using personalized profiles on software developed by IBM and Consert, a smart grid pilot project allowed businesses and residences cut energy use by anywhere from 15 to 40 percent; IBM also announced a plan to make a 60,000-resident Iowa city into a 'smarter city.'