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[Boogai.net] My Fight Against the 'Smart Meter' « Boogai.net: “The company says it has won more than $1 billion in new orders around the world this year, including major contracts in Australia, across the Nordic countries, and in the U.S.  And just last week the company announced it had raised $100 million in shareholder capital to fund rapid growth in smart metering. Even though the company was slow to digest and integrate its previous acquisitions, and even though its U.S. marketing has been lame, I don’t see any sign that Landis+Gyr is going to be anything but a serious player.“

[Features] Rick Perry's Solar Power Stance Is…What?: As Miner notes, the original mandate for wind that Perry signed into law was less than ten percent of peak demand, making it so small as to have no significant impact to consumers and, therefore, a reasonable goal for the state of Texas. By comparison, the 500 MW goal Perry did sign into law - though his appointees at the PUC failed to act on it - would be less than one percent of total peak demand, having an even smaller impact than the original wind mandate.

[MasterResource] Rick Perry's $7 Billion Problem (Texas wind transmission project 38 ...: In October 2006, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced commitments of $10 billion from private companies to increase wind generating capacity in the state by 7,000 megawatts, contingent on the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) approving construction of additional transmission capacity to windy areas of the state. In July 2007, the PUC announced its approval for additional transmission lines that could deliver 10,000 more megawatts of renewable power by 2012.

[Fuel Fix] Fuel Fix » Price tag for Texas wind power lines climbs 38%: Most of those wind farms are in rural West Texas, however, far from the major cities that use the most power. The ability to get that power to market was limited as there wasn’t enough high voltage transmission line capacity available to reach major users.

[EarthTechling] Rick Perry Solar Power Stance Is...What? | EarthTechling: As Miner notes, the original mandate for wind that Perry signed into law was less than ten percent of peak demand, making it so small as to have no significant impact to consumers and, therefore, a reasonable goal for the state of Texas.  By comparison, the 500 MW goal Perry did sign into law - though his appointees at the PUC failed to act on it - would be less than one percent of total peak demand, having an even smaller impact than the original wind mandate.  It is now quite apparent with his recent appointment of Commissioner and outspoken renewable energy opponent, Donna Nelson, as Chair of the PUC that Perry wants to ensure that Texas never reaches the goal he signed into law though.. This results in the likely killing of any renewable energy progress at the PUC, including future legislation, should it pass.

[the Texas Green Report] PUC Can Move Texas Clean Jobs Forward! | the Texas Green Report: “Texas’ coal plants will soon have increasing difficulty and significant costs complying with new health-based EPA regulations and Texas needs to plan for that future,” noted Cyrus Reed, Conservation Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. “It will be cheaper and healthier for Texas to retire these old coal plants.  With its rule-making, the PUC can help open up Texas markets and create jobs for Texans by encouraging new technologies such as - roof-top and utility-scale solar, demand response also known as ”˜smart grid’, energy efficiency measures, and energy storage.”

[Smart Grid Blog] Smart Grid Blog » Blog Archive » Oncor installs two-millionth smart ...: Oncor Electric Delivery has installed its two-millionth advanced “smart” meter in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, the electric transmission and distribution provider said Monday. “This is a .

[Energy Exchange] Does Rick Perry's Texas Have Room For Solar Power?: As Miner notes, the original mandate for wind that Perry signed into law was less than ten percent of peak demand, making it so small as to have no significant impact to consumers and, therefore, a reasonable goal for the state of Texas.  By comparison, the 500 MW goal Perry did sign into law - though his appointees at the PUC failed to act on it - would be less than one percent of total peak demand, having an even smaller impact than the original wind mandate.  It is now quite apparent with his recent appointment of Commissioner and outspoken renewable energy opponent, Donna Nelson, as Chair of the PUC that Perry wants to ensure that Texas never reaches the goal he signed into law though.. This results in the likely killing of any renewable energy progress at the PUC, including future legislation, should it pass.

[Smart Grid Legal News] Texas PUC and ERCOT host briefing on Guidelines for Smart Grid ...: On February 23, 2011, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at ERCOT Austin, 7620 Metro Center Drive, Austin, TX, the .

[Smart Grid Blog] Smart Grid Blog » Blog Archive » AEP says its test of meters is smart: The Associated Press: Smart grid gets island test in Maui resort area · National Grid Wants to test “Smart Grid” Technology in CNY: The Real Deal – NewsChannel 9 WSYR ·

[People | Planet | Profit | Blog] People | Planet | Profit | Blog » Rick Perry Solar Power Stance Is ...: As Miner notes, the original mandate for wind that Perry signed into law was less than ten percent of peak demand, making it so small as to have no significant impact to consumers and, therefore, a reasonable goal for the state of Texas.  By comparison, the 500 MW goal Perry did sign into law - though his appointees at the PUC failed to act on it - would be less than one percent of total peak demand, having an even smaller impact than the original wind mandate.  It is now quite apparent with his recent appointment of Commissioner and outspoken renewable energy opponent, Donna Nelson, as Chair of the PUC that Perry wants to ensure that Texas never reaches the goal he signed into law though.. This results in the likely killing of any renewable energy progress at the PUC, including future legislation, should it pass.

[Fuel Fix] Fuel Fix » Q&A: Smitherman looks back on the PUC, ahead to the ...: The train wreck scenario that has been described is a series of 5 or 6 rulemakings that will have a great affect on Texas. Most of them are directed more toward power plant emissions, particularly coal lignite, and to some degree natural gas.

[Texas Is Hot | Blog] Smart Grid Projects Cut Costs for Consumers ... - Texas Is Hot | Blog: (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 ”” smart readers can be read remotely ”” while increasing the number of people it serves.

[Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge] Smart Meters. Smartly rollin' on. « Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge: The federal government awarded stimulus grants to companies like Oncor ($3.5 million), Austin’s Pecan Street Project ($10.4 million), and CenterPoint ($200 million) for Smart-Grid projects. Not much has been done on the large-scale national Smart-Grid (with long-term benefits), but taxpayers got a bunch of automatic feeder monitors and switches, some stuff for the transmission system, and lots of Smart Meters!

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