Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) hit the ground running in mid- and late November with a series of announcements about its next smart grid projects, in line with its Smart Grid Deployment Plan filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) earlier this year. via PG&E files smart grid pilot deployment project application | Continue reading →
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A new smart grid pilot in Eberstalzell, Austria, will examine a control concept for an active low-voltage grid with a selected grid section containing approximately 70 photovotaic systems used as the testing ground. A Fronius IG Plus V inverter is installed in each of these PV systems to help maintain the grid’s safe operation. via Continue reading →
CenterPoint Energy, Houston Electric and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman released survey results recently from an energy-saving program begun last fall. The program entailed a smart meter in home display installed into people’s homes that tracked and displayed the details of their energy use. This is said to have prompted 71% of Continue reading →
When the weather turns hot, many in West Michigan are lucky enough to crank up the air conditioning to cool down. It can provide relief from the heat, but also put a dent in your budget. Now 60 Consumers Energy customers, involved in a pilot program, have the ability to track how big that dent will Continue reading →
Everyone has an opinion on what it will take to make the smart grid happen. As we’ve all heard by now, Google and Microsoft’s dashboard solutions didn’t make it, which for many, raised more questions than answers. We beg to differ. While we can spend all day guessing what will and won’t work, the true Continue reading →
About 13,000 homes and businesses in Pullman are the guinea pigs in a smart grid project involving the Inland Northwest’s largest utility and the region’s largest energy technology manufacturer. The five-year Pullman smart grid test will equip Avista Utility customers with the latest generation of electric meters developed by Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. via Itron, Avista join Continue reading →
Tropos Networks and Itron Inc. ITRI +0.47% announced today that Avista Corp. AVA +0.95% has selected their jointly developed Smart Grid solution as part of the $38 million Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the city of Pullman, Washington, and the nearby community of Albion. The goal of the project is to use smart technologies to Continue reading →
Energate, Inc., a leading provider of residential Demand Response for utilities and home energy management solutions for their customers, today announced the results of two successful pilot projects undertaken in Oklahoma and Ontario, Canada. These projects are among more than 25 smart grid pilots across North America featuring Energate’s next-generation technologies. Energate’s home energy controls, Continue reading →
Honeywell International Inc. (HON – Analyst Report) has been selected to develop and implement China’s first smart grid pilot project and feasibility study for managing energy use in commercial buildings. The pilot will bank on Honeywell’s smart grid technology and expertise, which includes automated demand response, advanced energy management and sub-metering. via Honeywell Chosen for Continue reading →
Recent pilots have found that switching residential customers from flat rates to variable pricing schemes is not as scary as it sounds. People don’t storm the utility and protest, and in many cases, consumers save money and electricity. Pilots, however, are not always analogous to how things will play out in the real world. Many Continue reading →
The University of South Florida’s Power Center for Utility Explorations and Progress Energy Florida have been selected by Florida’s Energy and Climate Commission to build the largest and most comprehensive smart grid in the Southeast, serving at least 5,000 customers on the west side of St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. The three-year, $15 million Continue reading →
Orcas Power & Light and Bonneville Power Administration have teamed up to offer an innovative residential demand response pilot program called The Peak Project. The Peak Project, which is part of a national initiative known as “the smart grid” will measure how utility/member cooperation can reduce strain on electric systems and control costs. via OPALCO Continue reading →
Smart Meter Pilot Program Inc. (SMPPI), a nonprofit organization comprising electric utility Pepco, the D.C. Public Service Commission and other stakeholders, has released the results of the PowerCentsDC smart metering pilot program that was rolled out in Washington, D.C. A key finding is that residential customers “consistently respond to variable electricity prices,” the group says. Continue reading →
The Smart Grid City project in Boulder Colorado hasn’t even died and the inquest has already begun. And it’s no wonder. The Xcel project has missed its completion date and costs have already overrun by 300 percent to a whopping $44.5 million. That’s a good sized “pilot” project for a city with a population of Continue reading →
Energate entered into an agreement with the Ontario Power Authority to be a key delivery partner in the Ontario pilot deployment of residential and small commercial demand response solutions. Energate is a provider of demand response and home energy management solutions for utilities and their customers. via Energate deploys home energy and demand response solution Continue reading →
ComEd said will letters go out this week to single family homeowners in the innovation corridor along I-290 – which includes 130,000 customers in Melrose Park, Bellwood, Maywood, River Forest, Oak Park, Forest Park, Broadview, Hillside, Berwyn and the Humboldt Park section of Chicago – asking for single-family homeowners to test solar panels. The three-year Continue reading →
ComEd plans to propose an innovative approach to modernize the Illinois electricity system, stimulate economic development and create jobs. In a proposal expected to be filed later today with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), ComEd will propose a pilot program that would allow for accelerated modernization of the distribution system, increased assistance to low-income households Continue reading →
The Bonneville Power Administration and Mason County Public Utility District Number 3 announced today that they are partnering on a smart grid pilot project to help manage the electricity grid and use wind power more effectively. The project address two fundamental bottlenecks in the power grid; congestion during times of high power use and the Continue reading →
Tennessee-based utility Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) has selected SmartSynch Inc. as its technology partner for a three-year smart grid pilot program that will cover about 1,000 households. via Renew Grid: Content / Projects & Contracts / Tennessee Utility Partners With SmartSynch On Smart Grid Pilot Project.
American Electric Power (AEP) says it is bringing its gridSMART program to the territory of its Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO) subsidiary. The pilot project will extend to more than 13,000 customers in Owasso, Okla. PSO says the project includes the installation of smart meters, a two-way wireless communications network and automated power-restoration equipment Continue reading →
