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Regulators and the Smart Grid
I planned to write about mobile versus fixed energy storage in a Smart Grid, but instead will postpone that topic in favor of regulatory matters. The NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility...
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Texas Energy Companies Declare War on California (Again)
This past week was filled with Smart Grid-related conferences, starting with an Electric Vehicles Consumer Adoption Summit organized by IQPC in San Francisco and ending with the Silicon Valley Energy...
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Score: Smart Grid – 1, Proposition 23 – 0
California voters convincingly voted down the attempt by certain oil companies to abandon clean air legislation to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions first enacted back in 2006. The vote breakdown...
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Driving to the Smart Grid
Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” We won’t get out of the energy mess we’re in with the same fuel sources and energy...
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Plugging Schools Into the Smart Grid
A school district in Silicon Valley is adding a 1.26 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar installation across several campuses to deliver about 45% of their annual electricity needs. The ground-mounted...
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A National Energy Security Policy Needs A Rational Tax Code and Budget
The integration of renewable energy sources like wind and solar into the nation’s electricity supply is an important Smart Grid capability. Solar and wind are intermittent energy sources that need...
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The Times They Are A’Changin, and We Better Get Used to It
Technology is easy, change is hard. It doesn’t matter if it’s individual or systemic change – it is more difficult to modify human attitudes and behaviors than invent disruptive, game-changing...
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5 Things US Congressional Representatives Need to Hear About the Smart Grid
As the US Congressional representatives head home to their respective districts, some of which defy all logic in terms of that contortionist geography called gerrymandering, it’s a perfect opportunity...
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Four Smart Grid Innovations that are Utility Painkillers
The electricity value chain of generation, transmission, distribution and consumption has a number of challenges, or pain points, to overcome to deliver all Smart Grid benefits. Electric utility Smart...
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Five Reasons Planet Earth Likes the Smart Grid
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a new guide titled “Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living” that offers practical steps Americans can adopt to reduce carbon emissions. The...
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