End Use
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At its end, 2010 will definitely be labelled at the Year of the Consumer. From backlash to support, electric utilities have certainly heard, and loudly, from their customers, and recent studies have been taking notes.
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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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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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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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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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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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An IT guru with roots in telco provides yet another example of how electric utilities don't have to reinvent the wheel to drive consumer engagement.
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Utilities are trying to educate consumers on the real costs of electricity and using dynamic pricing to change behavior. But what's the actual business case, in the eyes of investors? Has anyone seen ROI?
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Consumers don't get dynamic pricing and in California, they're pushing back.
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In a new study, Accenture confirms some intuitive notions of consumer behavior and attitudes, while uncovering a few surprises, too. Utilities should be all ears.
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Visionaries, proponents and naysayers abound in the smart grid space, as this review of reader commentary on electric vehicles, smart charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) attests.
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Mention clean technology in general and electric vehicles (EVs) in particular and you get the good, the bad and the ugly. Last week, proponents, skeptics and naysayers weighed in on an EV column.
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Electric vehicles may be more widespread in the news than in the street, but utilities are preparing for real-world adoption. They describe some of their concerns in today's column.
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We look at another stimulus funding applicant who was denied funding and follow the recasting of the proposal to fly without taxpayer funds. This one is about training or retraining energy professionals for a brave new world.
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The association of commercial real estate owners and managers in Chicago is pursuing demand response for 270 buildings - 80 percent of downtown office space - to cut operating expenses and raise revenue.
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A representative of commercial/industrial electricity users said smart grid remains a mystery. And he has questions. Lots of questions.
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Moving to a regulatory scheme that goes beyond "cost-plus" should take into account local market conditions and must include tangible consumer engagement, according to one participant.
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In 2006, Bill Gates asked his utility leader, Jon Arnold, what Microsoft was doing for the grid. Arnold talks here about how he'd write that memo today.
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Jon Arnold runs Microsoft's global utility business and, when he talks, people (should) listen - whether they like it or not.
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No matter where you go, the consumer - and the issues surrounding the consumer - go too.
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