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September 24, 2012
SDG&E And Sudberry Properties Work Together To Create Smart Grid Community
Civita Development in Mission Valley Will Feature Advanced Energy Technologies SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Sudberry Properties executives were joined by Councilmember Lorie Zapf today to announce plans to create a "smart energy community" for the new Civita master-planned...(more)
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September 6, 2012
'Envision: Charlotte' program a model for urban-area energy use
Article courtesy of Charlotte Business Journal The meter is running on the Envision: Charlotte effort to cut electricity use in uptown Charlotte 20%, but Duke Energy Carolinas says it’s too early to have any useful statistics from the program. Vincent Davis, director of Smart Energy Now, says it will be September or October before meaningful figures can...(more)
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August 30, 2012
Smart Grid – The Big Picture
Article courtesy of BGE Since the development of the nation’s energy grid, nearly 200 years ago, the fundamentals of energy delivery and the way energy usage is measured hasn’t changed that much. In recent years, however, modern technology has been incorporated into the energy grid allowing two-way communication and real-time monitoring to give...(more)
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August 15, 2012
Smart meters: separating fact from fiction
Video courtesy of Shedding a Light Utilities across the nation are investing in digital energy technology that until recently wasn’t available for the power grid. For years, utilities have relied on mechanical switches, relays and meters that required hands-on operation and maintenance. This mechanical equipment has performed well, but in a time when...(more)
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August 10, 2012
The Smart Grid will transform the way your City works
Article courtesy of Mashable Tech Urban populations grow larger every day. Researchers predict that nearly 75% of the world’s population will live in cities by the year 2050. As a result of this continued growth, there’s a need — and a demand — for cities to build smarter infrastructures to ensure reliable operations and...(more)
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August 9, 2012
Smart Grid Implementation in Sacramento
article courtesy of IEEE Smartgrid With little prior experience to draw from other energy companies, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District is trying out a wide array of smart grid technologies. The goal is to develop a roadmap for large-scale deployment. Prominent elements include smart metering, time of use and peak pricing, microgrid islanding and...(more)
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July 30, 2012
Utility Exec Touts Commitment to Smart Grid, Renewables
Article courtesy of smartmeters.com Susan Story, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Services says the Georgia-based utility has spent $1 billion on building smart devices and infrastructure to help increase its operating efficiency and it customers’ energy efficiency. Story discussed the company’s green efforts at the...(more)
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July 19, 2012
OG&E Smart Hours/ Time of Use Price
Article courtesy of Ecohoma One of the things I get questioned about in my personal/offline life is OG&E’s “Smart Hours”program. If you aren’t a customer of Oklahoma Gas and Electric, this is their “time of use” pricing program. I have heard all sorts of interesting, creative theories about time of use pricing...(more)
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July 17, 2012
PJM rides through storm, heat wave; EPB says smart grid minimized outage
The nation’s largest regional transmission system operator rode through the effects of the derecho storm and weekend heat wave with no difficulty. PJM, which operates the grid that stretches from mid-Atlantic states to the Chicago area said it would keep a hot weather alert in effect for Friday and Saturday. High temperatures were expected to reach 100...(more)
