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(Washington, D.C. – April 10, 2013) President Obama unveiled his FY 2014 budget proposals today, and one program in particular is winning cheers from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF strongly supports plans for a “Race to the Top” for energy efficiency and grid modernization, which is included as part of the proposed Department of Energy budget. The energy race would create a competitive grant program for states and communities that adopt innovations in energy efficiency, clean energy deployment and...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
WASHINGTON, D.C. — November 26, 2012. A new policy report focused on the electric grid and economy of energy, “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid”, was published today by the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy (NISLAPP) in Washington, D.C. The report states that billions of dollars in federal subsidies for “smart” utility meters have been misspent on meter technology that will not lead to energy sustainability or contribute to the possibility of a more efficient and responsive elec...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
Rueil-Malmaison, France, February 19, 2013 — Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, announced today that its work with Vattenfall Eldistribution of Stockholm, Sweden has been expanded to include a larger portion of its smart meter system management. The new contract will continue through March 31, 2017, and gives Schneider Electric continued responsability for the management of an Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) of 615,000 smart meters. The work includes the integration o...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
NEW ORLEANS, February 18, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural electric cooperatives and utilities in 12 states will receive loan guarantees to improve generation and transmission facilities and implement smart grid technologies. The announcement was made on the Secretary's behalf by USDA Rural Utilities Acting Administrator John Padalino during the annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in New Orleans. "In his State of the Union Address last...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/DC60813) The demonstration was performed in the electric grid test bed that is part of the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champ...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) shares the President’s goal of protecting critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. As the only industry subject to mandatory and enforceable cybersecurity standards, the electric power sector already is taking significant steps to protect the electric grid and to work closely with the government to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats. The Executive Order represents another step toward improving government-industry coordination, but it does not preclude th...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Safety, Smart Grid
BURBANK, CA – February 6, 2013 – CEIVA Energy, developers of the CEIVA HomeviewTM Energy Display and Entryway will participate in National Grid’s Worcester, MA smart grid pilot program. The CEIVA Homeview Energy Display is the interactive device that will allow customers to instantly view home energy usage along with pictures of friends and family. Displaying instant energy information in context with constantly updating personal photos puts energy awareness into the lives of consumers in a way tha...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Smart Grid
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 6 February 2013 - European countries that can afford electricity smart metering programmes will continue with their plans, but smaller nations and new accession states are now likely to back out of smart metering schemes, as the Energy Efficiency Directive agreed by the EU’s member states late last year significantly waters down the billing and metering requirements found in previous drafts. Countries yet to complete cost-benefit analyses for electricity (CBAs) include Germany, P...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Meters, Microgrid, Smart Grid
By Ed Ritchie Utilities across the country are getting smarter by the minute, and as a result, we’re seeing high scoring projects that capitalize on a triple play that combines distributed energy, thermal storage, and demand response (DR)technologies. As proof of those high scores, we’ll visit some examples showing how generating and storing energy onsite can be good for the bottom line of most any enterprise, and more than welcome as a method of DR for utilities that need to address their peak d...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid
(CNNMoney) - America's power, water, and nuclear systems are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals seeking to gain access to some of the nation's most critical infrastructure. The number of attacks reported to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity response team grew by 52% in 2012, according to a recent report from the team. There were 198 attacks brought to the agency's attention last year, several of which resulted in successful break-ins. An earlier report from DHS sketched in d...... continue reading
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