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Protecting the “new” grid

February 13th, 2012 – An opinion piece from Greentech Media looks closely at new findings from a recent KEMA utilities survey about the hot topic of security – important to consumers, vendors, and utilities. The findings of the survey along with other research points out security uncertainties still exist in the new waves of smart [...] Read More

Weekly News Roundup

Starting this week, SGCC brought you summaries of top news stories in the smart grid industry. Missed a day or two? Feeling out of touch? Get your news in a quick gulp from this end-of-week roundup: Monday, 2/6: Revolutionizing the energy industry – An article by Transmission & Distribution World Magazine showed that the energy [...] Read More

Growth in overall smart grid investments over 2012

February 8, 2012 – Recent Zpryme research results reveal strong optimism among executives in the energy, smart grid, and utility industries regarding the growth of smart grid investments in 2012. Approximately 300 executives were surveyed about their overall 2012 smart grid sentiment. Over half of the executives stated confidently that smart grid investments will show [...] Read More

Projects of the Year at DistribuTECH 2012

Congratulations go out to SGCC members Duke Energy for winning Best Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project and AEP Ohio for winning Best Smart Grid Project as decided by POWERGRID International magazine and PennWell Corp. in their annual Projects of the Year Awards program. The awards were given out during the keynote presentation at the DistribuTECH 2012 [...] Read More

SGCC Twitter ranked 2nd best for smart grid

In a list recently compiled by Providence GIS Solutions, the Twitter account of Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) was named the second most influential smart grid-related account on the microblogging website. The list was derived and sorted on the basis of Klout scores, a measurement of the overall influence that companies or individuals exert through [...] Read More