Partnerships with individual large customers to test new offerings, alongside traditional pilots, can help utilities find solid ground. Partnerships can both demonstrate to regulators that customers benefit from utility involvement in these areas and help utilities scope their ideal role.
The convergence of smart grid technologies is challenging existing regulatory policy frameworks. What can energy regulators learn from telecom and IT industries for grid modernization?
How do we compensate those who add clean electricity to our shared power grid? This fundamental question has affected the rate at which the U.S. has adopted, deployed, and put into use clean, distributed energy resources such as energy efficiency, batteries, electric vehicles, and rooftop and community solar. At the core of our new distributed energy electricity system are resources that work better during specific times…
Smart grid data analytics are a key sector of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), with the potential to help utilities address key operational, ...
New research from a smart grid industry group finds that the time for pilot projects is over, and lays out a checklist of best practices for utilities to engage their customers prior to and during smart meter rollouts.
As falling costs for distributed energy resources reduce the barriers to entry, new players like solar and battery storage developers are establishing relationships with utility customers. This is raising new concerns that without action, utilities will lose their cherished one-to-one customer relationship.
RWE is building distributed energy tech at home and looking to Silicon Valley for new ideas.
Bill Smart of Hometown Connections will discuss Smart Grid technologies and how they can affect utilities. Smart will present his information at the 2012 MRE...
Power is something we all seek to have. We want to be in control of our families, finances, career, and even our utilities. ComEd is making that happen for consumers with their new Smart Grid. So w…
10. Tendril Smart grid innovation doesn’t always have to be about technology. Tendril’s Energy Services Management platform helps utilities and energy service providers better understand the uses and needs of their customers. The platform even uses gamifacation in the form of leader boards so one user’s usage can be compared to another. Tendril wants the platform to help “deliver the right message to the right customer, every time.”
A Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) survey of 1200 U.S. residents finds younger, more educated consumers more likely to participate in energy management programs.
A smart grid is a happy grid.
Although the utility industry has little consensus on best practices for speaking clearly and persuasively about the benefits of the smart grid, it's more important than ever for energy companies to cut through the hype and reach their customers.