The smart grid, also referred to as the intelligent grid, offers much promise for electricity utilities and has changed the way industry vendors market their technologies. The smart grid, also ...

The present electric power delivery infrastructure was not designed to meet the increased demands of a restructured electricity marketplace, the energy needs of a digital society, or the increased use ...

BURLINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders on Monday joined utility and environmental group leaders to tout the benefits of smart meters, the new generation of digital electricity measuring devices ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in Recovery Act funding yesterday for 32 smart grid demonstration projects. The projects are divided into two categories: utility-run regional smart ...

The smart grid is transforming the way utilities communicate with their customers. Smart grid technology, including control systems and automation that help new technologies work together, supports a ...

The FINANCIAL — More than two-thirds of utilities executives believe that the benefits of smart grids and smart meter deployments – which include improved customer service, reliability and outage ...

On Dec. 1, National Grid will begin installing new smart meters for its 6,600 Dunkirk-area customers, providing homeowners ...

Today consumers and utility companies can agree that smart meters provide benefits such as time of use billing, accurate measurement, and elimination of a meter reader’s monthly visit. But do smart ...

SG-AMI 1-2009 marks the first original Smart Grid standard “First, the standard solves an immediate Smart Grid industry problem by providing guidance to utilities and state commissions on the ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced goals for smart grid investments and funding to improve electric services in ten states, including Virginia. Here is a press release from the USDA: ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday joined utility and environmental group leaders to tout the benefits of “smart” meters, the new generation of digital electric measuring ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...