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Smart Grid Consumers: New Surveys Reveal What They Think Now

The numbers are different, but two smart grid consumer surveys agree on the bottom line: Most consumers are still in the dark. Both surveys found that most are concerned about their energy use, but know little about emerging energy management systems.

9Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPRI Does the Math on Total Smart Grid Cost
(and it’s a lot)

The price tag for a fully functional smart grid in the U.S. could run from $338 billion to $476 billion, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says in a new report. Wow! But the bonus is that the ROI in terms of benefits could be between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion.

8Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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White Paper Identifies Smart Grid Trends in 2011
and Beyond

Some of the trend predictions include: smart grid stimulus funds will finally show a positive impact; demand response business transformation will continue to speed up and security will be the biggest worry.

17Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Latest ‘Freeing the Grid’ Report Shows Progress

“Electricity rules and regulations can be incredibly complex and difficult to get right, particularly in the pioneering territory of renewables and self-generation. This policy guide is intended to help states understand how their policies currently rank and how to improve them to achieve real renewable energy market and job growth.”

11Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Spirae, Xcel Energy Part of New DOE
Grid Initiative

The Fort Collins-based company is participating in a project for an automated, secure, and self-healing electric distribution management system, while Xcel is helping to develop and demonstrate a real-time monitoring, control, and health management system to improve grid reliability and efficiency.

28Nov2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Class in Session: Guest Entry Shares RETool Experience

It has been touted as a critical opportunity for ushering in a cleaner energy economy. With entrepreneurs like Adrian Tuck (Tendril) out there trying to change the way we use electricity, the smart grid is hard to ignore.

12Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Festering Issue — The Cost of Smart Grid and
Who Should Pay

The price tag for upgrading the country’s system is set at $165 billion over the next two decades according to industry experts. As the costs mount, consumer advocates in Colorado and across the country are questioning how smart grid should be financed and who should pay the bill.

15Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Front Range Corridor Becoming Smart Grid Power Player –
Latest News: Power Tagging Lands Grant for eGrid

Said the Governor: “Power Tagging further extends the Colorado smart grid ecosystem with NIST, NREL and the most progressive green tech and smart grid projects in the country. Our state is creating the technologies that will allow all utilities to deliver power more reliably and affordably.”

24Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Smart Grid Funding: A Step, Not a Solution

Like early-childhood education, smart grids are a cause that nobody doesn’t like. But there are many related and necessary developments that must happen before the technology can fulfill its promise to reduce energy demand and lower consumers’ power bills. For one thing, displaying a home’s energy usage doesn’t mean much unless the residents are willing to act on that information.

9Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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    People Power for DG

    It will take a lot of “People Power” to overcome the stranglehold on renewable energy progress in Colorado and much of the U.S., argues Ceal Smith of the San Luis Valley Renewables Community Alliance. She offers three actions you can take now to support point of use “rooftop” distributed generation.

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