Making the Smart Grid work will require an array of “enabling technologies” – from integrated communications systems to sensors and meters and storage devices. Many of these already exist; others are being adapted to synchronize with a modern power grid. Scroll down to see more about the building blocks of the Smart Grid.
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Given the dangers and costs, what would motivate a well-known cyber security researcher to release detailed vulnerabilities for specific, critical infrastructure products? EnerNex Chairman and CTO Erich Gunther suspects the release - which really did happen - reflects how fed up the security community is. It's tired of being ignored by vendors and utilities that live with known vulnerabilities rather than fix them. As Erich explains, there's way more than most of us realize at stake here.
While energy storage at the distribution substation level isn't big news (or big business) in the smart grid investment environment now, IMS Research predicts revenues will show impressive growth in the sector over the next several years – to the tune of an annual average rate of 50%. Read the story to find out why.
In an effort to develop smart grid solutions for the Chevrolet Volt, OnStar is inviting utilities, energy companies and others to take advantage of a set of its application programming interfaces to develop new apps for Volt owners. Click inside to learn what OnStar is looking for from developers.
You'll be hearing a lot more about Big Data - and chances are some of it will come from state regulators. IBM's Sunil Soares expects PUCs will become increasingly assertive about protecting consumers' privacy rights in the context of Big Data. That's one reason, he says, utilities need to heed governance best practices for smart meter data. He suggests four you ought to start with.
The smart grid communications space is already noisy and contentious. But a UK company is making the case that we should consider yet another option, this time TV white space. Click for their argument in favor, and our word of caution.
The California Public Utilities Commission today gave a unanimous thumbs up to a Pacific Gas & Electric Company proposal to allow customers to opt out of its smart meter program - if they're willing to pay a fee for that choice. But after a noisy and emotional meeting it was clear that this story is far from over: smart meter opponents are dead set against paying the fees.
Security veteran Ernie Hayden can tell some scary stories about lax security practices he's been eyewitness to during utility site visits. He worries there's too much emphasis on security compliance rather than true protection on both the physical and cyber fronts. The fix? Click for five steps he believes every utility should take now to 'bake in' security organization-wide.
Brian Warshay of Lux Research outlines the highlights of a California Public Utilities Commission proposal for an energy storage policy that lays out the barriers to storage adoption – and a roadmap to deal with them. Get the lowdown on why stakeholders should be keeping an eye on this one.
In this week's blog about his stint on a privacy panel put on by the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, security ace Andy Bochman ponders why the SGCC needs to exist - and then answers his own question: Without it, there would be no one out there to give consumers a reasoned and sensible alternative to the alarmist ranting they're frequently exposed to in the mainstream media. (And he provides a good example of what he's talking about.)
DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is building a series of interconnected laboratories where researchers will be able to test new technologies on simulated and real power systems before plugging them into the electric grid. Get more on the story inside.
As utilities prepare for smart meter roll outs, the CEO of UK-based Sentec suggests a key consideration for the IT infrastructure associated with those roll outs should be the capability to both store data and relay it back to the consumer in an easily digestible format. Click for Mark England's perspective on how to go about that.
An announcement today related to Pennsylvanian demand response has implications far beyond that state. The use of incentives and targeting midsize commercial are just two of the emerging trends we think you'll be interested in.
A recent IBM global survey showed that up to three-quarters of consumers are concerned about the confidentiality and security of home energy use data. What to do? Matt Futch, Global Policy Director with IBM Energy & Utilities, argues that appropriately designed industry practices and regulatory guidance can help the energy ecosystem protect sensitive information. Click for his examples of how and where it's already happening.
SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst shares a glimpse of a new state-of-the-art transmission control center, which he sees as a view into the future – and the future of distribution operations as well. Click inside to find out why.
Marketing and advertising companies have been taking advantage of social media for years, and now more and more electric utilities are catching on - using them for their own marketing, communications and business strategies, according to a new white paper from Pike Research. Get more on the story inside.
If you missed or would like to review our recent webinar with Qualcomm on comparing cellular with other smart grid communications technologies, click for links to the video replays and the presentation deck.
Click to watch the first segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment moderator Jesse Berst introduces the speakers and provides a brief overview. He is followed by Joseph Ho from Qualcomm's R&D team, who shares results from his company's extensive study on cellular in smart grid communications.
Click to watch the second segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Joseph Ho from Qualcomm's R&D team continues to share results from his company's extensive study on cellular in smart grid communications.
Click to watch the third segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Brian Huey, smart grid specialist at Sprint Nextel, discusses cellular carriers' growth, challenges, partnerships and commitments to supporting smart grid communications.
Click to watch the fourth segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment Matt Gillmore, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Standards at Consumers Energy, discusses some of the lessons Consumers learned while researching and rolling out their cellular communications project.
Click to watch the fifth segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment panelists answered questions from webinar participants, ranging from emergency use and peak time prioritization; prioritizing data on a public carrier network; should a utility start with 3G or wait for 4G; percent of down time per year; carrier performance during disasters, and pricing mechanisms used.
Click to watch the sixth and final segment of our Jan. 18, 2012 webinar - Comparing Cellular with Other Communication Technologies - presented with Qualcomm as part of the Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In this segment panelists answered questions from webinar participants, including how many utilities are using cellular; cellular deployments in other parts of the world; the upgrade timeline for 4G and LTE, and using cellular in conjunction with other technologies.
In this presentation from a Smart Grid News Lessons from the Real World webinar on communications options for the smart grid, you'll see side-by-side comparisons of cellular, RF mesh and PLC.
When security technologists expose the vulnerabilities of smart grid vendors' products, should they make their findings public? How far should they go in their efforts to nudge vendors to improve their offerings? Read the story to understand why security expert Andy Bochman has mixed feelings about how the results of a recent study were handled.
This presentation from Utility Integration Solutions (USIOL) examines how utilities could share data back and forth with a city's emergency responders, part of the evolution to smart cities.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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