The Smart Grid and Privacy

With Smart Grid technology able to gather and store household power consumption information - possibly down to the appliance level - the question of consumer privacy becomes more prominent. Read more »

Pepco to Upgrade System Reliability in Maryland, Adding Fault Detection Technology

A plan from Pepco will revitalize portions of Maryland's electric distribution system, focusing on improving feeder performance, aimed at reducing outages. Read more »

California leads Smart Grid Technology Market efforts

Competitive electricity markets are helping lead the nation towards a smart grid future, says the latest report from GTM Research Read more »

Smart Grid Reality Check from NERC

A recent report from NERC warns against counting on renewable energy and new storage technology before proving the technology can be reliably integrated into the grid. Read more »

Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Reviewed

Helping set priorities for the creation of smart grid standards, the Office of Electric Reliability, in partnership with NIST, presents an update on the status of the Commissions Smart Grid Policy Statement. Read more »

Smart Grid Project to Include Synchrophasor Installations

MidwestISO and PJM collaborate on multi-state synchrophasor project Read more »

Electrotek Integrates Model 1133A Power Sentinel with InfoNode and PQView

Electrotek Concepts and Arbiter Systems link up to provide historical and real-time phase angle measurement data for large scale Con Edison project. Read more »

Electric Transmission Investment to top $600 Billion

According to a new report from Pike Research, investment in electric transmission projects will surpass $606 billion worldwide during the period from 2010 to 2020.
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Three Companies Upgrading America's Aging Electric System

Synchrophasor technology is being deployed by major energy corporations to improve the stability of the aging power grid. Read more »

NERC and CAISO Sign Data Sharing Agreement

Another step towards modernizing the power grid, NERC and CAISO agree to share data as part of the North American Synchrophasor Initiative. Read more »

Bringing Utility-Scale Power to the Grid

Challenges abound when integrating multi-megawatt photovoltaic projects with the grid. This blog entry discusses the use of synchrophasors as an enabling technology to achieve this level of integration. Read more »

Beyond Metering: 10 Pretty Darn Interesting Stimulus-Funded Smart Grid Projects

Beyond metering projects, Smart Grid initiatives include a large synchrophasor implementation by Midwest ISO. Check project #5 in this article. Read more »