The Smart Grid industry took an important first step in addressing a major disconnect in consumer communications strategies. Last week at a major utility industry show, Distributech, the launch of a non-profit organization to understand consumer needs in the Smart Grid universe called the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) was announced. This is very much [...]
Do you know what demand response is? If not, don’t worry – unless you are employed by a utility, it’s probably not a term you’ve seen or heard before. It is utility-industry terminology for certain types of programs targeted to customers. Here’s the Smart Grid Dictionary definition of Demand response programs: “Utility programs designed to [...]