Insights from our Editorial Team
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Jul 06, 2010 |
A four-day drive last week through California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho provided a lot of time for thought about transmission lines, cost allocations, and the addition of renewables to the grid.
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Jul 02, 2010 |
A pilot study in Washington, D.C. appears to demonstrate that energy use feedback and dynamic pricing can lead to consumer savings and substantial demand response for the utility. Questions remain.
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Jul 01, 2010 |
A LinkedIn smart grid executive forum tackles whether participants "believed" in smart grid. Three weeks later that question is bookended by a thoughtful answer that echoes the industry's conversation with itself.
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Jun 30, 2010 |
Dan Delurey, executive director of the Demand Response Coordinating Committee, says "let's just do it." The DRCC is leading a coalition to give states and utilities the tools they need. But first, those involved need to craft a value proposition and a message to convey it to consumers.
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Jun 29, 2010 |
Electric utility CIOs are keeping a wary eye on pending legislation in Washington, while working behind the scenes on flexible IT architecture that can serve if the nation places a price on carbon and enacts a renewable portfolio standard.
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Jun 28, 2010 |
The electric utility industry must swiftly craft an appropriate message on the value proposition of the smarter grid and demand response, if it wants the American public on its side.
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Jun 28, 2010 |
Without consumer buy-in, demand response is only "demand" with no "response." A recent survey of consumers across the country provides some interesting thoughts about which types of programs will be more readily accepted.
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Jun 25, 2010 |
The verdict is 2-1 against carbon price signals, demand response and the smart grid, according to a handful of readers last week. Do you agree?
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Jun 25, 2010 |
The link between a carbon price signal and demand response, with the sales pitch for smart grid thrown in, according to one writer.
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Jun 23, 2010 |
The prospects for energy legislation and a call for a price signal on carbon, from the people in charge of delivering electricity, gathered in Washington, D.C.
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