Utility Business
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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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Our readers have opinions and they hammered or helped columnist Phil Carson on demand response and, wait for it, Iranian ciphering machines. Eavesdrop on our readers here.
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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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Members of both political parties back a bill to drive adoption of electric vehicles and charging stations in five American cities, but details remained unknown. The author of a report on EVs comments.
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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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Telecom carriers are listening carefully and offering services to utilities, which are wary - for good reason, according to some at UTC Telecom 2010 in Indianapolis.
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No matter where you go, the consumer - and the issues surrounding the consumer - go too.
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We had great input from readers last week and the topic that drove most comments was "the customer" or, more precisely, "the consumer."
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The editor interviews his brother for a layperson's take on the smart grid, and runs into a few surprises.
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A broad-based look at customer satisfaction across all industries provides electric utilities with opportunities.
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This year's utility ICT budgets reflect an average 4 percent increase over last year and action on smart grid plans reflects optimism on the economy, according to a new study.
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Taking no position on The American Power Act earned our columnist praise and condemnation, while a discussion of smart meter pushback moved two informed veterans to comment.
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With the unveiling of the American Power Act by Senators Kerry and Lieberman, columnist Phil Carson asks fundamental philosophical questions that should inform our reaction.
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PG & E acknowledged this week that a 99 percent success rate in smart meter rollouts potentially meant 50,000 dissatisfied customers. And EPRI offered nearly a dozen reasons why new smart meters might not be accurate, or might appear not to be accurate.
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Readers debate the pros and cons of consumer management of in-home electricity use, how deep the utility should reach and even whether anyone will bother with home energy management at all.
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Consultant Christine Hertzog suggests that robust home area networks, combining smart thermostats and networked appliance controls, are more important than residential smart meters. And, she says, utilities had better step up their game if they want to influence consumer behavior.
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Guerry Waters of Oracle Utilities shares his thoughts on data analytics, consumer expectations for the smart grid and future power generation sources.
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Two contrasting utilities with planned or implemented AMI technology share their insights on the benefits and challenges in Hawaii and the Carolinas. Part I of two parts, with poll results on smart grid and AMI issues.
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