SmartGRID
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
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
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-
Why is Dirty Energy Still So Cheap?
The clean tech sector has experienced remarkable success in the past few years, yet there still remains one huge roadblock from mass implementation – cheap fossil fuels. Some may think this is simply a matter of free-market capitalism at work. The real truth is that petroleum and coal industries continue to receive massive subsidies from governments around the world, while renewable energy firms receive only a small fraction of that amount.
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