Boulder, Colorado's new smart-grid project is already stretching the limits of cost expectations and the rest of the state has to foot the bill.
With billions of dollars from the stimulus funneling into smart grid research and pilot programs, companies like GE are seeing increased demand for smart appliances that can receive real-time price signals and react accordingly.
With what appears to be a perfect storm building on the horizon for electric vehicles (EVs), some utilities are way ahead of others when it comes to readying the grid--and their customers--for a large-scale deployment of the paradigm-changing electric car.
The IT leaders have re-entered your home and business in a whole new way. Companies like Google and Cisco are providing the tools to help consumers and businesses monitor and manage their energy use to reduce carbon emissions.
Xcel Energy has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions in the city of Boulder, Colorado. According comapny officials, this step makes it the "first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world."
The city of Palo Alto recently partnered with Echelon and launched a small pilot program to test the effectiveness of a new, smart streetlight system.
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