McAfee cyber security event offers sobering perspectives
Whether the pay-offs of the smart grid outweigh the security risks that come with digitization of the industry remains to be seen
IEEE program manager urges action on PLC bridging technology
The IEEE this week asked smart grid industry leaders attending its P2030 meeting in Detroit to get busy deciding on standards for PLC
Ice Energy puts distributed energy storage into smart grid context
A southern California group of utilities will cut peak power use, not with pumped hydro or a DR program, but with ice. The Southern
SDG&E shares details of successful DR, market pilot
San Diego Gas & Electric's DR pilot last year, that sold the power saved by eight commercial customers into the California ISO's
DOE loans Nissan $1.4 billion to build electric cars, batteries
DOE announced a $1.4 billion loan yesterday to Nissan North America to retool a Tennessee factory to build electric cars and advanced
Pennsylvania PUC OKs PPL TOU program, with suggestions for next time
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a voluntary TOU program for PPL customers. The firm will be allowed to recover all costs for
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New S&C Electric tech center opens soon . . . State Grid to build 75 electric car stations . . . Echelon offers to go extra mile for partners
Obama state-of-union message pivots on clean energy economy
US President Barack Obama did not make direct mention of the smart grid during his first State of the Union Address last night
Drummond explains urgency of SGIP’s new testing/conformance committee
Members of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) plan to in about a week vote on forming a "testing and conformance" committee
BPL Global’s China office gains edge with JFP Holdings
BPL Global is set to work with JFP Holdings to beef up BPL Global's China division, BPL Global CEO Keith Schaefer told us today