Smart Grid & Electricity
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Department of Energy - Smart Grid
“Smart grid” generally refers to a class of technology people are using to bring utility electricity delivery systems into the 21st century, using computer-based remote control and automation. These systems are made possible by two-way communication technology and computer processing that has been used for decades in other industries. They are beginning to be used on electricity networks, from the power plants and wind farms all the way to the consumers of electricity in homes and businesses.
ERCOT Glossary
For your convenience, this page contains an alphabetically organized list of terms, definitions and common acronyms used in the electric utility industry. Retail Load usage data that has been adjusted for Unaccounted for Energy (UFE), Transmission Losses, Distribution Losses, and Direct Current Tie (DC Tie) exports (except for the Oklaunion Exemption).Smart Grid: Smart Grid News - Grid Modernization and the Smart Grid
S&C Electric is the ultimate "fly-beneath-the-radar" engineering-first company. In its typical understated fashion, the Chicago-based, employee-owned firm is quietly amassing a strong portfolio of smart grid technologies. Its latest partnership with Cambium Networks is a case in point.
We launched Google PowerMeter as a free energy monitoring tool to raise awareness about the importance of giving people access to their energy information.
PowerMeter - Save Energy. Save Money. Make a Difference.
Commercial meter readers are expensive; this DIY hack allows you to cheaply monitor your power consumption for a greener tomorrow (and, realistically, a much lower bill).
Monitor Your Home Power Usage by Building a DIY Power Meter Reader - How-To Geek ETC
SmartGrids: European Technology Platform
The European Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future , also called SmartGrids ETP, is the key European forum for the crystallisation of policy and technology research and development pathways for the smart grids sector, as well as the linking glue between EU-level related initiatives.Anyone who visits my blog regularly has probably seen that I’ve been talking a lot about the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) lately.
Texas Electricity Ratings: The Blog
Smart Texas - Rethinking Energy
The program allows consumers to see first-hand the benefits of the technology and how they can take advantage of those benefits by using the new smart meters that are being installed throughout Oncor's service area by 2012.