Tag: Proposition 16

The Dark Lining to a Silver Cloud on the Smart Grid Horizon

My blog dated April 19 focused on PG&E activities that seemed to be designed to kill the spirit and the objectives of the Smart Grid.  Since then, PG&E has admitted that mistakes were made in some meter installs (although my PG&E smart meter functions perfectly, thank you very much), the tariff change is wending its way [...]

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Is PG&E Killing the Smart Grid?

The news coming from PG&E these days is trending from bad to worse for the Smart Grid and for this country’s citizens.  First they created a public relations disaster with their smart meter rollout, which now has its own term called “the Bakersfield effect”.  PG&E investment in a sensible communications plan and budget could have [...]

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California Smart Grid: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The State of California mandated that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) work with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and California Energy Commission (CEC) to create requirements for a Smart Grid deployment plan by July of this year. These three entities held workshops this past week to gather information and offer researchers, consumers, product [...]

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