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  • March 9, 2012

    Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Smart Grid, Transmission System Improvements to Create Jobs, Benefit Consumers in 14 States

    WASHINGTON, August 29, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural electric cooperative utilities will receive funding for smart grid technologies and improvements to generation and transmission facilities. These loans will benefit more than 19,000 rural consumers in 14 states. "Rural electric cooperatives provide direct...(more)

  • January 18, 2012

    Administration Announces New Tools to Help Consumers

    SANTA CLARA, CA – Today, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined utility and technology executives in Silicon Valley to announce several new online tools that will allow consumers in California and other states to download their household energy use information and help them save energy and money. Central to today’s announcements, two...(more)

  • January 4, 2012

    DOE Smart Grid System Report Stakeholder Webinar Series

    Please join us for U.S. Department of  Energy’s Smart Grid System Report (SGSR) Stakeholder Webinar Series January 17 - 20.  The SGSR is a biennial report to Congress designed to provide the current status of smart grid deployment, the prospects for its future, and the obstacles to progress.  This webinar series is designed to update and...(more)

  • November 10, 2011

    Department of Energy Announces Funding to Help Consumers Better Manage Their Energy Consumption

    New Funding Opportunity Provides More Knowledge to Consumers about their Energy Use; Could Lead to Lower Energy Bills for Consumers Washington, DC –   As part of the Administration’s commitment to ensuring a clean energy future, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that up to $8 million in funding will be made available to...(more)

  • September 20, 2011

    Glendale, California Smart Meter Program

    Glendale Water and Power, supplying Glendale, California, is one of the first smart grids to connect customers in the United States. Three years and over 100,000 total smart meters later, and Glendale is close to announcing a fully functioning smart grid. However, to get to that point, there is still more work left at this point. Once the smart meters are...(more)

  • August 18, 2011

    NYISO Unveils $74 Million Smart Grid Initiative, Breaks Ground on New Power Control Center

    Rensselaer, N.Y. – Dozens of federal, state and local government officials and energy industry representatives, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, were on hand today as the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) unveiled details of a $74 million smart grid initiative, which is being supported by a U.S. Department of...(more)

  • August 3, 2011

    Smart Grid Panel Approves Six Standards for Catalog

    The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has made the first six entries into its new Catalog of Standards,* a technical document now available as a guide for all involved with Smart Grid-related technology. The six standards, all of which were approved previously by the SGIP’s Governing Board, received approval by more than 90 percent of the broader...(more)

  • August 1, 2011

    Vermont Electric Cooperative wins POWER magazine’s first Smart Grid Award

    A cooperative in northern Vermont serving a largely rural area has proven that even small utilities can achieve great smart grid results by planning wisely. For improving service to its members by developing a grid modernization strategy before “smart grid” was a buzz phrase, Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is the winner of the first POWER...(more)

  • July 26, 2011

    Centerpoint Energy and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman Announce Results of Pilot Project on Home Energy Use

    Houston, TX - CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNP) electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman today released survey results from a 500 participant smart meter In-Home Display pilot program begun last fall. Based on surveys, 71 percent of customers...(more)

  • June 13, 2011

    Energy Secretary Chu Announces Five Million Smart Meters Installed Nationwide as Part of Grid Modernization Effort

    Washington, DC – At a White House Grid Modernization event today, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that more than five million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of Recovery Act-funded efforts to accelerate modernization of the Nation’s electric grid.Smart meters will provide utility companies with greater...(more)