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Utilities Must Step Up Communications To Recoup Smart Grid Investments

June 8, 2011 by Tom Raftery
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Tweet    Smart grids don’t come cheap. They are typically projects costing in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars (or Euro’s, or pounds or whatever your currency of choice). Just think, the most fundamental piece of the smart grid, the smart meter, alone costs in the order of $100. When you factor in the costs of... [read more]

PDF: Why Do Customers Want To Prepay For Electric Power Service?

April 25, 2011 by Michael Giberson
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Why would a customer want to prepay for his or her electric power service? A summary by Oracle, from a white paper describing how smart meters can enable prepaid power plans, says: Prepayment is especially popular with customers who: Have difficulty coming up with money for all the deposits typically required to rent a new ... [read more]

When will we have full Smart Grid deployments?

April 1, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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Photo credit mckaysavage Despite a lot of talk and some high profile trials the day we have ubiquitous full Smart Grids is still a long way off. I attended the Smart Grids Europe conference in Amsterdam this week. It was a great conference, I met a ton of interesting people and had some fascinating conversations. I can’t help... [read more]

Smart Grid Heavy Hitter series – Oracle’s Guerry Waters

February 11, 2010 by Tom Raftery
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I decided to run a series of interviews with people deeply involved in the Smart Grid space. I’m calling it the Smart Grid Heavy Hitters series. I will publish a new interview every Thursday until I run out of interviewees (or out of energy – poor pun intended, sorry!). In this, the first of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’... [read more]

Intel Oregon: Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Greenwashing

April 16, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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“Intel remains committed to the principle that Oregon continues to lead on the critical issues of carbon reduction and climate change. I hope and believe there will be legislation this year that delivers on that goal.” – Jonathan Williams, Government Affairs Manager for Intel OregonWhen the Wall Street Journal devotes page space to the... [read more]

Oracle’s Turning Information into Power report

March 18, 2009 by Tom Raftery
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Oracle released the results of a research report last week called “Turning Information into Power“. The report had some interesting findings - from the press release: Americans are concerned about energy costs and show interest in new energy options. 94% are concerned with the energy costs of their primary residence. 95% are... [read more]