ISO-NE asks FERC to OK filing on wind-dispatch procedures
ISO-NE this week asked FERC to approve a filing it said would clarify the existing dispatch procedures for wind resources on
View ArticleUS regulators must grapple with issues for prepayment to take off
While the growing deployment of advanced metering technology in the US is laying the groundwork for new electricity prepayment
View ArticleDenmark's distribution firms working to get past 'facilitating phase'
As Denmark moves out of a 2010-2012 "facilitating phase" in smart grid development, not all of the country's distribution firms are
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Engage Consulting joins SmartGrid GB . . . Jonas Borgardt joins Infometric in Sweden
View ArticleUbiquity of smart meters in Texas changes game for wholesale
Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson wants to slow down the effort to set higher energy-offer caps in the state's wholesale
View ArticleSiemens comes out with 'automatic load shedding' system
Siemens developed an "automatic load shedding" system that helps stabilize networks in large industrial plants, it told the press
View ArticleIEEE updates 4 standards, launches new development project
IEEE last week released updates to four standards approved a new standards development project to categorize and describe
View ArticleSwitzerland's highly practical AMI proposal 'makes a lot of sense'
AMI will be needed to help Switzerland move away from dependence on nuclear power to more renewable sources, the government told the
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'Ship-to-grid' project gets going in Germany . . . Acorn Energy part of new index fund
View ArticleIBM, ESB Networks working on grid upgrades in Ireland
A new IBM system in Ireland will provide utilities with access to energy usage data that can help improve smart grid operations
View ArticleTelvent working with Industrial Defender to beef up security
Telvent and Industrial Defender are partnering to strengthen Telvent's security systems, the firms recently told the press
View ArticleIllinois fund to invest $72.5 million in smart grid tech
A new Illinois state fund will devote $72.5 million toward smart grid and other energy innovations, Leigh Morris, a spokesperson
View ArticleSmartGrids ETP preparing catalogue of R&D players
The SmartGrids European Technology Platform (SmartGrids ETP) will create a catalogue of organizations dealing with smart grid R&D
View ArticleEuropean industry group asks for input on plan for R&D
GridPlus is seeking consultations on an updated plan for R&D that that would more than double funding for grid modernization
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Germany's Ista, Genek team up on AMI, energy . . . Dutch grid operators test battery storage . . . Telit offers wireless M-bus AMI module
View ArticleEV charging stations start spreading in Sweden, Finland, Norway
A partnership to install 50 charging stations in Sweden, Finland and Norway will let EV owners travel from Malmo on Sweden's southern
View ArticleEuropean regulators share more- advanced plan for AMI regulation
The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) focused on customers in a 2013 "work program" aimed at framing AMI policy
View ArticleChiefs at EEI, NEMA predict utilities will use microgrids
The use of microgrids will keep growing and will be an opportunity -- not competition -- for utilities, top industry leaders speaking
View ArticlePepco president cites storm recovery as immediate smart grid value
Outage for 1,100 customers cut to 200 in 59 seconds: Pepco's deployment of smart grid technology is already offering benefits to the utility and its customers -- and will provide more in the
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Echelon, EMeter develop joint product . . . Eandis upgrading meters in 40,000 Flemish homes
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