Utilities, tech vendors and trade groups like the Grid Wise Alliance have openly been complaining that it’s taking too long for the billions of dollars in smart grid grants, which the Department of Energy promised back in October, to reach the projects, and ultimately create jobs. Well, it looks like the dam has been broken, albeit for a small project. Municipal utility Glendale Water and Power announced Thursday that it has signed a contract to start the flow of $20 million in DOE smart grid grants and according to Craig Kuennen, Glendale’s smart grid program sponsor, it’s the first such contract signed in the country. “That’s what DOE told us,” Kuennen said to us Thursday.
via It’s About Time: Glendale Gets First DOE Smart Grid Stimulus Contract.
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