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In the July 2010 edition of Renew Grid…
Home Energy Management
Beginning To Make Waves
Now that millions of smart meters have been installed on homes nationwide, the grid has developed to the point that it is ready to go beyond the meter and into homes and businesses in order to reduce energy costs, shed peak-power demand and shift loads based on the time of day.
Solar Photovoltaic On The Grid:
All’s Well...For Now
Utilities operating in solar hot spots say their distribution systems have been able to handle the unique nature of PV. However, that may change as more solar installations come online and introduce tricky scenarios.
The Potential, Pitfalls
Of Solid-State Metering
During transitions to smart meters, there will likely be both real and perceived issues with solid-state designs that need addressing. Care must be taken to consider each case thoroughly and to use sound diagnostic practices to trace each issue to its root cause.
Utilities Can Draw Inspiration
From Retail, Banking Industries
When a disruptive technology comes along, both challenges and opportunities present themselves. The smart grid is no exception, and utility executives are positioned to help their organizations thrive - or take a dive.
Size, Complexity Of Grid Upgrades Obscure Cost-Benefit Equation
Keeping smart grid infrastructure projects on budget and on time is a project governance issue - one exacerbated by the relatively untested nature of the technologies and services brought to bear.
On The Utility IS Spectrum,
It’s All About The Data
Today, the information systems that manage various utility functions - outages, distribution, metering and others - generally sit in silos, independent from one another. However, many companies are taking steps toward stringing these systems together and making the best use of high volumes of data.
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| | on 30 Jul 2010 by Michael Bates  | Earlier this week, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) denied Hawaiian Electric Co.'s (HECO) request to extend pilot testing for its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project to 5,000 additional end [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the federal transmission-grid operator serving the Pacific Northwest, says vandalism has become a serious problem affecting its system, with a series of incidents causing major [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | SMA America LLC has expanded its U.S. line of utility products with the Sunny Central High Efficiency (HE) line of solar inverters. The new 500 kW and 630 kW inverters [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | Landis+Gyr says its Gridstream smart grid solution has successfully completed compatibility testing with Vecima Networks' platform, enabling utilities to use Vecima's WiMAX solution for wide area network communications with the [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has ruled that companies that sell electric-vehicle charging services to the public will not be regulated as public utilities. "This decision provides needed regulatory [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | Survalent Technology says it has commissioned a new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for Forked Deer Electric Cooperative, located in Halls, Tenn. The utility serves approximately 10,000 customers [read more] | | | | on 30 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. says it has established an association with the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition to develop compatible products and help raise awareness about how demand-response activities [read more] | | | | on 29 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan for the company's southern territory. The plan covers energy-efficiency, transmission and renewable energy initiatives, including Advanced [read more] | | | | on 29 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | SmartSynch Inc., a smart grid technology company, has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Central Service Association (CSA), a member-owned utility consortium comprising 130 members across a nine-state region that [read more] | | | | on 29 Jul 2010 by Renew Grid | The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) says Cisco, Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net and the U-SNAP Alliance have joined the organization. These companies will help the [read more] | | |
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