One missing element in my coverage of the SmartGridCity cost-recovery imbroglio is that the wrestling between Xcel Energy and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has led the latter to articulate its policies going forward. This is a welcome step that has the potential to turn lemons into lemonade. via SmartGridCity’s positive outcome | Intelligent Continue reading →
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Chicago’s historic skyline has always been a source of pride for city residents. And while few new buildings are currently going up, building owners have developed a plan to capitalize on the latest advances: Smart-grid technologies that will convert the city’s iconic skyline into what backers call a “virtual green generator” by retrofitting highrise buildings Continue reading →
The Smart Grid City project was based on some questionable technical premises, a precarious financial underpinning, some corporate arrogance and a lust for publicity that trumped substance. Could better vision, clearer and more realistic objectives, better management and critical periodic and objective oversight have saved this expensive undertaking? Perhaps. But those ingredients were needed at the planning stage, Continue reading →
Two years ago Boulder was seriously examining becoming its own municipal utility. Then along came the offer from Xcel Energy to turn our fair city into a SmartGridCity (SGC). The venture was heavily praised by our senators, congressman, governor, and Mayor Shaun McGrath as having only great upsides for our community. The company publicity was Continue reading →
Ofgem has revealed a £6.5 billion investment proposal to cut the carbon dioxide produced from regional electricity networks. Under the terms of the plan, a £500 million Low Carbon Networks Fund would be established to help encourage the development of industrial-scale trials and commercial initiatives for green technologies. The energy regulator also laid out plans Continue reading →
