A “Smart grid” is more than just power delivery. The main pillar of a smart grid is a two-way connection of energy and information. For maximum effectiveness and efficiency, a smart grid ...

Why the Smart Grid is important It's the world's largest machine -- the interconnected network of power plants, transmission towers, substations, poles, and wires that make up the power grid.

NEW YORK (GBI Research), 13 April 2012 – The US and the EU plan to coordinate the development of smart grid standards, if financial frugality can be overcome, according to a new report by ...

There are many definitions of a smart grid. “No two people can agree on what that means,” says Robbie Alm, senior vice president of HECO. But for the purposes of MECO and what they want out of the ...

However, for a smart grid, it is more than just delivering supply reliability. Integrating DERs, improving the grid’s resilience to cyber threats, accommodating behind-the-meter assets and allowing ...

That's not to say the smart grid won't be useful in the case of disasters. Vermont, for example, has widely deployed smart grid technologies, including smart meters and grid sensors.

Smart grids are a natural evolution of the power grid in developed countries, and could be critical for making power more accessible and improving the economies of developing nations, as the ...

Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

After building a fiber optic network throughout its service territory, the city-owned electric utility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 2010 became the first U.S. company to offer fiber-to-the-home ...

A smart grid is a communication and information technology (IT) system used for consumption, delivery, and generation of power. It uses two-way communication to develop an automated and widely ...

Utilities planning smart electric grid upgrades can learn from Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity pilot in Boulder, Colo. -- about how not to effectively communicate with your customers. Last month, a ...