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[World Press Release Line] Australia Smart Grid Market | Online Press Release | News | Media: While developments in Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and Demand Side Management (DSM) have been taken place over many decades, the current smart meter debate originated in Victoria in 2004. This started with the utilities to modernise the meter network which would amongst other things, allow them to capture electricity usage in 30-minute intervals.

[Blogs and Tips - SustainLane] Bringing the Smart Grid Home: Will Consumers Opt-in? - Go Green ...: Capitalizing on Smart Grid opportunities in the residential consumer market means finding order and predictability across a wide range of variables: different ecosystems, temperature variation, number of people living under one roof, behavioral patterns, etc. Currently, data is measured home-to-home, which means that fine-grained details under the roof are usually unaccounted for.

[SmartMeters] US Planning International Smart Grid Network: ccording to government sources, the United States plans to announce the formation of the International Smart Grid Action Network, or ISGAN, to expand the U.S. energy market through smart grid standardization and take the lead in the new energy business. The Obama administration is expected to make the announcement at the first ministerial meeting on clean energy to take place in Washington, D.C.

[CarInsurance.com News Feed - Blog] J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Although Awareness of Smart ...: According to Conklin, with residential smart grid technology currently in its infancy, utility companies have the ability to shape the perception and acceptance of smart meters and smart grids among consumers through proactive and appropriate communication. At the same time, utility providers that develop smart systems with customer satisfaction in mind may be able to get things right the first time, ultimately saving in long-term development and implementation costs.

[Arch Rock Blog] Arch Rock Blog » Blog Archive » An Important Lesson for the Smart ...: The MPSC is very rightly concerned about the evolving nature of the technology and its implications for the consumer.  In its role as state utility watchdog, the MPSC is simply rejecting the possibility of the rate-payer’s being charged twice as smart meter technology goes from proprietary to standards-based in the next few years, as the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is requiring.

[Business & Finance News and Press Releases] AT&T Announces Smart Grid Agreement with Current Group to Deliver ...: “Our new relationship with CURRENT will help utilities move from their traditional distribution infrastructure into a truly smart grid model that provides centralized real-time data collection and analysis - without touching the end customer and without relying on meters,” said Michael Antieri, President, Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions, AT&T Business Solutions. “We continue to focus on broadening our capabilities with smart grid technology, helping businesses and organizations to use wireless technology to streamline their processes and provide real-time monitoring of energy assets.”

[SmartGridNews.com] Smart Grid: Smart Grid 2.0: Moving Beyond Meter-Centric Systems: 83410 is sending the very clear message to the general public that the Maryland PSC needs to fulfill its legal duties on a problem they seem unable to handle”¦ The Order is in fact shifting that problem to BGE and utilities with a potential setback for the smart grid that is being pushed" One of the things the Md. PSC anticipated was precisely the risks of potential early obsolescence of the AMI, which BGE wanted to be paid with a "tracker" that reflects ongoing expenditures.

[Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com] Overhyped Better Than No Hype for the Smart Grid | Business ...: According to John Jimison, Sr. Counsel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Bill's provisions concerning Demand Response and Smart Grid have bipartisan support, but issues regarding Climate Change and Energy Security continue to be contested.

[Smart Grid Watch] Home Area Network Wireless Standard - Smart Grid Watch Blog | eMeter: These messages contain the usage, pricing, and control information that enable consumers to capture the desired smart meter and Smart Grid benefits of demand response, energy efficiency, renewables integration, distributed generation, and electric vehicle charging. And an open interface for sending those messages is essential for the free market to invent and deliver, at low cost, all sorts of exciting and creative products and services.

[CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com] Smart Meters: Truly a Cure for Energy Blindness? | CleanTechies ...: “The bottom line here is very simple: Smart meters in and of themselves are just not ”˜smart’ enough to get the job done for consumers and our economy. While advanced metering provides a useful tool to save energy, cut consumer electric bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, utilities need to use these advanced meters to provide consumers with information on their consumption in ways that grab consumers attention and encourage them to take action,” said John “Skip” Laitner, ACEEE’s director of economic and social analysis.

[SmartSynch] Choosing the Right Security for the Smart Grid « SmartSynch: This article examines how public wireless smart grid projects are integrating best-of-breed security protocols to ensure the highest level of safety for the grid, while limiting management complexity. This article will also discuss how IPsec, secure platform technology and public key infrastructure (PKI), the same layer of security used by governments and financial institutions, will provide utilities and businesses with a future-proof, industry-proven, secure smart grid solution that can quickly be taken to market while reducing costs.

[Les Twarog Real Estate Blog] BC Hydro new “Smart” Electricity meters can turn your lights on ...: It takes about five minutes to install a new meter along the side of a home, or in the utility room of an apartment or condo complex. While the meters have digital readouts instead of a series of spinning gears to track electricity consumption, they don’t really look much different from the 20th-century glass-dome devices they will replace.

[The Texas Tribune: Main Feed] Smart Grid Projects Cut Costs for Consumers, Utilities ”” Energy ...: Bluebonnet's smart-grid project, six or seven years in the making, has cost $30 million, which is folded into rates that have "stayed competitive," according to the cooperative's chief executive, Mark Rose. (Bluebonnet's rates rose 6 percent this year, the first increase in four years.) Rose says the smart-grid project is saving money by allowing Bluebonnet to reduce its number of employees —

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