Representatives from the US Department of Energy (DOE) announce that they have just awarded a $2.5 million grant to the College of Technology, at the University of Houston. The money will be used to create a new type of training program, which will seek to train a small, highly-specialized unit of technicians in how to Continue reading →
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Westar Energy selected eMeter to provide the necessary smart grid software to commence its SmartStar program in Lawrence, Kan. Designed to give customers better insight into electricity use and cost information, the SmartStar program became a reality with a $19 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Smart Grid Investment Grant program. via Westar Energy Continue reading →
eMeter, a leader in Smart Grid Management software, announced today that Westar Energy, Inc., the largest electrical energy supplier in Kansas, selected eMeter to provide the necessary Smart Grid software to commence its SmartStar program in Lawrence, KS. Designed to give customers better insight into electricity use and cost information, the SmartStar program became a Continue reading →
Vermont Law School in South Royalton is getting a $450,000 grant to do research on smart grid technology. The idea is to update the power grid in the United States. Smart grid systems use digital technology to move power more efficiently, cutting usage and peak demand and saving money. via VPR News: Vermont Law School Continue reading →
The Vermont Law School in South Royalton is getting a $450,000 grant to do research on smart grid technology to update the power grid in the United States. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch says the money will help the school’s Institute for Energy and the Environment become a national leader in implementing smart grid implementation standards. Continue reading →
NRG Energy Inc’s (NRG – Snapshot Report) retail electricity business, Reliant Energy, has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and deliver innovative energy solutions for Texas electricity customers. As a part of the contract, Reliant Energy plans to expand the rollout of smart energy solutions, using the Continue reading →
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced that its electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a $200 million stimulus grant for its advanced metering system and intelligent grid projects. The agreement is the culmination of negotiations that began in Continue reading →
CenterPoint Energy Inc. said it has signed an agreement with the Energy Department to formalize the $200 million stimulus grant that the company is receiving to accelerate its installation of smart meters and make its systems more reliable in the Houston area. via CenterPoint Energy gets $200M smart grid grant – BusinessWeek.
Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON), a leading provider of advanced products and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid, today announced that it plans to hire approximately 50 new employees this year at its Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, headquarters, as it ramps up production of its grid-scale flywheel energy storage systems. via Beacon Continue reading →
If everyone in Los Angeles put solar panels on their roofs, plugged electric cars into their garages and used smart power-meters today, something interesting would happen. The electric grid would collapse. via Building the ‘smart grid’ / UCLA Today.
When Paul Kalv learned the city was awarded a multimillion-dollar federal grant to improve its electric utility, he shed a tear of joy. When Kalv, the city’s utility director, later found out that the city’s planned improvements were lauded as some of best in the country, it served as confirmation of what he already knew Continue reading →
People Power Company, an energy efficiency company providing residential monitoring and control systems, won support from the federal government last month in the form of a Small Business Innovation Research-Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR-STTR) grant announced by the Department of Energy on November 24, 2009. via People Power Wins Smart Grid Grant for “Lean Green Continue reading →
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid solutions, announced today that it will provide home energy management, load management and electric vehicle management software solutions for KCP&L’s Green Impact Zone SmartGrid Demonstration in Kansas City, Mo. The project is the recipient of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. GridPoint worked with the utility Continue reading →
Dallas regulated power line company Oncor won $3.5 million in federal funding on Tuesday for a smart grid project. The award comes weeks after Oncor lost the competition for a major stimulus grant for advanced meters. Oncor won Tuesday's grant for its $7.3 million Dynamic Line Rating Project. Surely the project is sexier than the Continue reading →
Avista (NYSE: AVA) will lead a smart grid demonstration project that will create the first “smart community” in the Pacific Northwest. Matching funds for the $38 million project are part of a U.S. Department of Energy grant for a larger $178 million regional project which is administered by Battelle. Avista will team up with several Continue reading →
Less than a month after it handed out $3.4 billion in stimulus grants to utilities working toward a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid, the U.S. Department of Energy says it is doling out another $620 million to projects working on demonstration-scale Smart Grid technologies. Today, it named 32 recipients working on every aspect of the Continue reading →
Baltimore Gas& Electric (BG&E), armed with a $200 million Smart Grid stimulus grant, took its case before the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) and outlined its plans to lower operating costs, help the environment and offer incentives to reduce demand. But consumer advocates have consistently spoken out against the BG&E plan as too much too Continue reading →
Sacramento State, along with partners, received a $127.5 million federal stimulus grant to improve Sacramento’s electric grid as part of the Smart Sacramento project first introduced in September. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, a supporter of the Smart Sacramento project, announced Oct. 27 the grant given to fund the local smart grid energy project, a joint Continue reading →
Saying it could lead to more efficient use of energy and thus cut operating costs, the California Department of General Services is partnering with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to tap a federal grant to design, run, and manage an urban “smart grid” utility system with different types, and sizes, of clients. The $127.5 Continue reading →
The State of California is partnering with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in Sacramento’s Smart Grid Stimulus federal grant program. The $127.5 million program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. DGS is the lead agency managing the program for state office Continue reading →
