http://99ieeet-d.org Smart Grid, Solar Panel, Free electricity Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:48:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recent talks between privacy experts and smart grid firms have yielded a lot of agreement -- and that's bad, a leading privacy expert told us Monday. "People weren't really getting the points of potential disagreement," said Jules Polonetsky, director of the http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/10/privacy-advocate-details-weaknesses-in-smart-grid-utility-leadership/ President Obama Friday hailed OPower as a torch carrier in the creation of clean-energy jobs in the US. "It was a phenomenal day for us," CEO Dan Yates told us yesterday. "He spent a good http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/10/obama-goes-to-opower-to-tout-smart-grid-software-firm-jobs/ The US can meet the goal of home broadband use by 90% of Americans by 2020, up from 65% now, by starting with recommendations contained in the National Broadband Plan being developed for Congress by the FCC, Chairman Julius Genachowski said Tuesday at "America's http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/10/fcc-chair-confident-of-broadband-goal/ Alaska utility teams with Tendril for test . . . On-Ramp, Nuri help connect hardest AMI . . . FutureDash software integrates with Google . . . GridWise hails new FERC nomninee http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/10/4-stories-in-2-minutes-9/ EXCLUSIVE REPORT: While other news outlets are reporting a deal between a Japanese government agency and the US state of New Mexico, the Japanese agency shared details with us alone yesterday on the identities of Japanese firms that will take part http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/new-mexico-japan-team-up-to-share-with-us-details-of-4-projects/ The PUC of Texas will hire an independent contractor to test some of the smart meters being rolled out by Oncor in Dallas/Ft Worth, CenterPoint in Houston and AEP firms in West Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, Terry Hadley, spokesman for the PUC, told us yesterday. Over 900,000 ... http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/texas-regulators-to-soon-pick-independent-ami-tester/ NARUC Thursday asked Treasury Secretary Geithner to clarify whether grants under the Broadband Technologies Opportunities program -- created by ARRA, the source of funds for the smart grid investment and demo grant programs -- are subject to federal income tax http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/naruc-letter-asks-geithner-to-resolve-arra-taxability-question/ DRSG's new members include some big names . . . Comverge reports Q4 revenue boost http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/2-stories-in-1-minute-8/ Arcadian Networks, a three-year-old start-up in Valhalla, NY, has an ambitious goal. "We want to make sure the dream folks are selling about the smart grid becomes a reality," CEO Ed Solar told us in an interview Friday. Backed by $90 million from Goldman Sachs, Tel Aviv-based Clal ... http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/arcadian-networks-ceo-describes-secret-sauce-for-smart-grid-win/ If interoperability is the smart grid's main problem, as virtually all experts agree, scalability was referred to as another key hurdle at a recent industry event. Institutions such as the Center for American Progress and MIT should be chartered with drawing a roadmap for the development of a modern ... http://99ieeet-d.org/2010/03/09/applied-materials-ceo-reflects-on-smart-grids-other-big-problem/