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  • May 2, 2012

    Critical Infrastructure Communications Policy Summit

    Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Washington Renaissance Hotel Dupont Circle Washington, DC Ensuring a communications network capable of meeting current and future policy and operational goals is becoming increasingly difficult. Technology is trying to catch up with policy mandates and policies are trying to support emerging technologies - all in the hope of getting it...(more)

  • April 5, 2012

    Energy Department’s First-Ever “Apps for Energy” Competition Begins Today

    Developers Will Compete to Create Apps Using Energy Data From Utilities to Help Consumers Reduce Energy Costs, Consumption  WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to help consumers save money by saving energy, the Department of Energy’s first-ever “Apps for Energy” competition begins today,...(more)

  • 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 all...(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 Smart...(more)