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A Useful Thing Happened on the way to the Smart Grid: the Agile Grid, Part 4

By Stephen Hadden, Senior Consultant, R.W. Beck, an SAIC Company, November, 19, 2009 - This is the fourth in a series of articles on practical Smart Grid approaches that utilities can initiate now.  more...
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The Information River

By Joe Kovacs, Freelance Writer, , November, 05, 2009 - Information has become one of the most valuable commodities as emerging technologies help individuals manage data with ease and reliability. For utilities, the smart grid is creating opportunities to learn more about customer behavior and energy usage. While adopting these capabilities, insightful utilities are strategizing about their use of data to communicate with customers and industry partners, and address challenges facing the power industry including capacity constraints, reliability, local management and energy conservation.  more...
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Potential Power: Balancing Utility and Consumer Control

By Ken Silverstein, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Insider, October, 15, 2009 - It's one thing to have an intelligent utility. It's another to have smart customers. Newer tools are permitting two-way communications between power companies and their patrons. But if the technologies are to reach their full potential, state regulators must assure fairness before eventually subjecting those users to market forces.  more...
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Let's Get Going: Smart Meters Go Global

By Howard Scott, Managing Director, Cognyst Advisors, October, 01, 2009 - For 25 years, I've written and lectured about the need for smart metering, often concluding by saying, "Someday, utilities will use all that data."  more...
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Intelligent Decision-making Using Smart Meters

By Prosenjit Dutta, Senior Project Manager - AMI, Infosys, September, 17, 2009 - As a utility, have you ever wondered if you are providing the customer with all necessary tools to make him a careful and informed stakeholder of your business?  more...
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Operate & Interact: ComEd and Black Hills Talk Value

By H. Christine Richards, Editor-In-Chief, Intelligent Utility Magazine, September, 03, 2009 - Customers are finding new ways to connect with their utilities -- with or without a smart meter. However, smart meters bring along new opportunities to engage consumers. I talked with ComEd and Black Hills Energy about their strategies for interacting with consumers through smart meters. Each utility's approach and timeline varies, but operations and interactions will be critical to both.  more...
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Meter Reading Profiles & Best Practices 2009: A Benchmark Study

By Christine Kozlosky, Vice-President, Ascent Group, Inc., August, 20, 2009 - The first part of this two-part article discussed meter reading practices and benchmarking performance for the study's purposes. Today's article will discuss the study's findings and recommendations for utilities.  more...
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Meter Reading Profiles & Best Practices 2009: A Benchmark Study

By Christine Kozlosky, Vice-President, Ascent Group, Inc., August, 06, 2009 - The first part of this two-part article discusses meter reading practices and benchmarking performance for the study's purposes.  more...
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Meter-centric: Should We Focus on the Smart Meter?

By Ken Silverstein, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Insider, July, 16, 2009 - Talk of intelligent utilities and smart meters is hot these days -- things that the American people never pondered before. And while the descriptions may be arcane, the purpose of the technologies is rather simple: to get consumers to use less energy and to minimize power outages.  more...
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It's Off to the Races for Smart Grid Funding

By Kate Rowland, Editor-in-Chief, Intelligent Utility Topic Centers, Energy Central, July, 02, 2009 - With the US Department of Energy's release last week of its funding opportunity guidelines for both the Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) and the Smart Grid Development Program (SGDP), the race is now on to submit applications prior to August 6 and August 26, respectively.  more...
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