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New technologies challenge our ability to manage them.  Do you recall that many users of social networks like MySpace and Facebook were chagrined to discover that their personal information has achieved immortality on the Internet?  In many cases, users failed to appreciate the ramifications of their decisions about sharing information.  The harm in some cases [...]

Technology can’t get more visible and disruptive than Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS). HEMS solutions are one of the most critical components of the Smart Grid – truly game-changing solutions that change the relationship residential consumers have with electricity and with utilities.
HEMS solutions are software solutions that offer direct consumer management of electricity in ways [...]

Update on the CEC TV Energy Efficiency Standards
There was plenty of “whine” on November 4, or to be exact, at 4:55PM on November 3, when the CEA sent a 91 page document 5 minutes ahead of the 5:00PM deadline for comments on the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) proposed TV energy efficiency standards. In order to [...]

The Smart Grid standards that are under development require solid testing and certification processes to build confidence with all stakeholders and accelerate the adoption of technologies to help us all reduce electricity and carbon emissions.

Way back in time, we had a decentralized and distributed electricity grid.  Power plants were co-located with users, and transmission was limited to relatively small geographic areas.  Over time and for a number of reasons, as the number of electricity users grew, the grid became more centralized. 
And now?  There’s a trend to distributed generation, evidenced [...]