A small Texas pilot project may change how smaller utilities communicate with smart meters. The results show that cellular (or “public wireless”) will give RF Mesh a run for its money, at least with municipals and smaller utilities just now starting to make decisions about Smart Grid technology. (RF Mesh systems have been the choice [...]

The New York State Smart Grid Consortium was formed in early 2009 as means to coordinate smart grid activities in the State, including utility smart grid projects as well as the numerous and varied R&D and manufacturing start up activities related to smart grid. Consortium Chairman and former utility CEO Robert Catell will be providing [...]

PECO is one of six utilities in the country to receive major stimulus funding under the US Department of Energy Smart Grid Investment Grant. PECO’s “Smart Future Greater Philadelphia” project is one of the largest investments in the company’s more than 100 year history, with an overall estimated project cost of up to $650 million. [...]

Retail power sales in US competitive markets are forecasted to grow 14 percent in 2010. KEMA’s quarterly Retail Energy Outlook finds growth driven by economic recovery and an overall favorable outlook for competitive retail power markets in the US.

Viridity Energy is helping large energy users efficiently use distributed resources such as cogeneration, solar, energy storage systems and controllable loads. Viridity Energy CEO Audrey Zibelman will be providing a look into strategies and options for creating and delivering value for the evolving customer-utility relationship at the KEMA 2010 Utility of the Future leadership forum.