Smart Grid Proof?

Fri Apr 30 10:39:42 CDT 2010

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> /by Bill Sweet, April 2010/
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> The vision of a smarter grid is of course a lovely thing to behold: an 
> electric power system that's much more interactive and interoperable, 
> reliable and robust. That's why so much excitement attended the news 
> this time last year that the U.S. stimulus bill would contain billions 
> of dollars in new funding to support smart grid construction, and the 
> news six months later than the National Institute for Standards and 
> Technology was issuing draft standards and a road map for completing 
> standardization. And it's the reason too why such high expectations 
> ride on the avalanche of smart meter installation projects launched in 
> the last year.
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> But that excitement will turn to disappointment if the smart grid does 
> not deliver---in addition to efficiency and reliability---energy 
> conservation, less dependence on oil and gas imports, and lower 
> greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector. As NIST put 
> it in a press release last September announcing the draft standards 
> and road map: "When completed, the Smart Grid will employ real-time, 
> two-way digital information and communication technologies in the 
> operation of the nation's electric grid. The system would allow 
> consumers to better manage and control their energy use and costs, 
> reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and create clean-energy jobs."
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> We'll know the smart grid can deliver when in at least one situation 
> in the United States, however restricted geographically or 
> functionally, interactive communications help consumers reduce their 
> energy use and cut their electricity bills. When will that be?
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