The Smart Grid increases our energy security by reducing dependence on oil that only gets more costly to extract or protect. The Smart Grid improves our economic security with a 21st century energy infrastructure that allows us to cost-effectively participate in competitive global markets. The Smart Grid also creates new domestic white collar and blue [...]
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 [...]