Smart Grid Benefits

Modernization of the electric grid will mean energy efficiency and savings for individual consumers. But it’s only part of the benefits story. Find details below on the advantages of integrating renewable energy, plugging in electric cars, automating buildings – and more.

NOVA explores the smart grid

An interesting video from NOVA scienceNOW illustrates the immense challenges and opportunities faced in modernizing the U.S. electricity grid. In the video, Eric Lightner, Director of the Federal Smart Grid Task Force at the Department of Energy (DOE), discusses how smart grid is the best way to make the largest, most interconnected machine — the [...] Read More

The GridWise Alliance reports on the state of smart grid

A new report from SGCC member the GridWise Alliance explores the current state of the nation’s power grid and sets forth the real-world benefits of a modernized electric system. The report, entitled “Realizing the Value of an Optimized Electric Grid,” is aimed at federal and state regulators. Findings showcase the ways in which grid initiatives [...] Read More

Smart meters make for happier business customers

Basic awareness of utilities’ smart meter initiatives and efforts increases business customers’ satisfaction with their utility, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study. Released last week, the study finds that on a 1,000-point scale, satisfaction averages 709 among customers who say they are aware of their utility’s smart [...] Read More

PG&E’s Green Button a hit with eMeter’s Chris King

February 14th, 2012 – In a recent blog entry (which received coverage by Smart Grid News), Chris King, President of eMeter Strategic Consulting and Chief Regulatory Officer of eMeter, shared a close-to-home experience with PG&E’s Green Button. In exploring his mother-in-law’s energy usage on the utility’s website, he discovered numerous new features that will help [...] Read More

A broader smart grid value proposition: new energy consumer research highlights

The research findings of the second wave of SGCC’s Consumer Pulse Study are now available to download. The results show that consumers want more than just savings on their electric bill from smart grid and smart meter technology. Many non-financial benefits of smart grid upgrades are as compelling as those that can save consumers money. [...] Read More