Smart Grid implementation issues in CA — NYT

‘Smart Grid’ Is Making Many Households Unhappy – NYTimes.com.

Changing power settlement process in ERCOT

TEXAS ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Blog | The Dallas Morning News.

Utilities to deploy 250M smart meters by 2015 | VentureBeat

Utilities to deploy 250M smart meters by 2015 | VentureBeat.

Michaels Stores reduce energy usage by 25% through enhanced monitoring & controls

Michaels Cuts Energy Usage 25% · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives .

Smart grid meters still not able to handle security threats — MIT Technology Review

Technology Review: Meters for the Smart Grid.

8 million plus smart meters already deployed (6% of all meters)

http://www.cleanedge.com/news/story.php?nID=6264

Sorting through Smart Grid hype (Xcel Energy and Wall Street Journal)

Xcel Energy created a Benefits Hypothesis Summary that defined its perspectives and desired outcomes from the SmartGridCity effort in Boulder, CO.  Xcel has partnered with Accenture, Current Group, Gridpoint, OSIsoft, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, SmartSynch and Ventyx.  The program was begun in 2008 and expects to quantify the benefits during the second half of 2009.

The Xcel [...]

“the dog caught the bus” — Google

Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google, Inc spoke to a packed audience of 300-500 who were looking for insights.  Dan, who is also a co-chairman of the American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE), was part of Obama’s transition team and seemed to have had some real influence in the energy provisions [...]