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Energy Consumption Data – What is Privacy Worth?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published the latest draft of the Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security, a collaborative public/private effort to assist individuals and organizations who will be addressing cyber security for Smart Grid systems. The second volume focuses on Privacy and the Smart... [read more]Philadelphia Subways to Brake for Energy Generation

The Need for Bi-Directional Education in the Smart Grid
Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) have a monopoly status in the USA that is regulated by state utility commissions. Depending on the state, IOUs are responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity; and interacting with ratepayers for customer services, outage reports, and billing questions. In a few... [read more]Smart Grid and Consumers: Collaboration needed for Education
Smart Grid has been heralded by many as a key component to solving our energy challenges, fromrenewable integration and energy security to revitalized technology manufacturing and job creation.While much of the discussion has centered on the supply and infrastructure side, there’s a lot ofprogress that could be made, industry-wide, on... [read more]The Smart Grid – It’s For More than Electrons
The Smart Grid has traditionally been used to describe the electrical grid 2.0. The distinctions between the traditional electrical grid, or version 1.0, and the Smart Grid cover the bidirectional flow of electricity and communications. We need to extend our thinking about the smart grid to add distributed intelligence and... [read more]Solar Power and the Smart Grid

Reliability and the Smart Grid
There are two schools of thought about how the Smart Grid will evolve. One promotes a “system of systems” view, in which the current centralized structure continues to be the dominant model, and the other focuses on an interconnected network of microgrids. There are pros and cons to each approach, but just like the old... [read more]Smart Grid Tour in the Northwest Focuses on Integrating Renewable Energy into the Grid

Distributed Generation – Giving Power and Money to the People
The NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) Summer Committee Meetings last week revealed a few sobering projections about our future electrical supply. First, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) anticipates that the cost of electricity will increase by 50% by 2030 even with use of all possible... [read more]Smart Grid (R)evolutions We’d Like to See
“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” Charles F. Kettering, American inventor of the electrical ignition system and early distributed generation devices, made this observation. As an inventor, he had ample experience as a change agent in trying to explain new ideas and technologies to... [read more]The Smart Grid Improves the Reliability of the Electric Grid
My mother is writing a book. She learned how to use a computer, and has been diligently crafting her story chapter by chapter. If only the local electric grid would cooperate. A single power disruption of a few seconds wiped out an entire chapter of her book. Now she is reworking a previous version and trying to... [read more]A smart electric network – in more ways than one

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Marc Gunther is a writer, speaker and consultant, who focuses on business and the environment as well as the author of "Faith and Fortune".
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Christine Hertzog is a consultant, author, and a professional explainer focused on Smart Grid.
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Jesse Jenkins is the director of energy and climate policy at the Breakthrough Institute.
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Geoffrey Styles is Managing Director of GSW Strategy Group, LLC and an award-winning blogger.
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Dan Yurman is a nuclear energy blogger and writes regularly for Fuel Cycle Week.
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Siemens Answers For Industry Conference
When: Tue, 2010-08-24 08:00
Smart Grid & Smart Cities Conference in Amsterdam November 9th & 10th 2010
When: Thu, 2010-09-02 09:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - Montreal
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
World Energy Congress - 2010
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - New York City
When: Tue, 2010-09-28 08:00
GridWeek 2010
When: Mon, 2010-10-18 08:00
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