All Posts Tagged With: "SmartGridCity"
Who Will Deliver the Light in Boulder?
In Boulder, there is little debate over the cause of climate change. Everyone knows wind and solar are good and coal is bad. You would think the carbon conscious residents and council members would hop all over Xcel’s recent proposal to deliver 70 percent wind power to the city by 2013 and 90 percent by 2020. Well, it’s not that simple. While carbon reduction is a goal, it’s not the only goal.
19Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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
Xcel: Boulder Could be ‘Most Green City Worldwide’
But that could come at a cost of higher utility rates — at least until wind power becomes cheaper than coal or natural gas. “Whatever it is that they are proposing, it appears to be only a wind purchase deal with an unclear pricing structure,” said former Boulder councilman Steve Pomerance.
7Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Public Protests Against Smart Grid!
The biggest problem is that there is no price-driven incentive for the public to pay any attention to the use of a smart meter. If you really want folks to load up their clothes washer to run at 4 AM when the the demand for electricity is presumably lower than at 4 PM, then you might want to consider discounting the price/kwh to the tune of 50% or so.
17Nov2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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
Updates from Around the State & Region
Because you all ready know the winners … and losers
>> SmartGridCity Costs Can Be Recovered –but Capped
>> Colorado Vestas Plants to Fill Idaho Order
>> Navajo Land Coal Mine Permit Revoked
>> State Capitol Building Taps Geothermal
Smart Grid Reality Check –
The Promise Still Holds, Despite Early Missteps
A game changer from Power Tagging in Boulder will likely usher in a new generation of smart grids. The technology company has developed a method of using the power line itself for smart grid communication and control from the customer meter clear to the substation.
22Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
SmartGridCity Slammed at PUC Hearing
Both regular citizens and businesses took shots at Xcel Energy’s multimillion dollar Boulder-based SmartGridCity pilot at a PUC hearing yesterday. The ambitious program was cited for not having strong cost controls, according to filings by the commission staff and citizen watchdog groups.
1Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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
PUC Orders More Transparency for Boulder Smart Grid
The smart grid already allows Xcel to read meters in Boulder remotely, route power around bottle-necked lines and detect power outages without relying on people calling in. But the utility now says it believes the total bill will reach $42.1 million, not including O&M costs.
8Feb2010 | 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
Power Lines– Smart Grid Funding, Program and Tech Updates
>> Fed Funding for Smart Grid Goes to CO Companies
>> Tendril Networks Announces Tech Partnership
>> SmartGridCity™ Gets Toyota Plug-In Vehicles
>> Smart Meters Could Bring Big Savings
Xcel Flips Switch to Make Boulder First
“Smart Grid City”
Already a key objective is being achieved — early results of the smart-grid systems are helping the company predict what equipment will fail and fix it before the power goes out. “We have learned a tremendous amount from our installation of SmartGridCity,” says Xcel’s Tim Taylor.
9Sep2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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