rtpcontrols.com - Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR), together with RTP Controls, is now offering a new automated demand response program to business customers to help them lower their energy costs by reducing their energy use when demand is particularly high — mainly during extremely hot summer or cold winter days. [read full story...]

smartgridnews.com - As the momentum of utility smart grid initiatives continues to increase, questions of consumer acceptance are of paramount importance for the industry. [read full story...]

ndn.org - CES--the storage variety--is about placing storage at the edge of the grid where it is needed and, by so doing, increasing network flexibility and resilience. [read full story...]

intelligentutility.com - DEMAND RESPONSE-MOST SIMPLY DEFINED AS the decision not to consume energy in response to price and other factors-holds enormous potential to balance the power system, integrate variable-output renewable resources into the grid and increase the efficiency of the electric utility industry. [read full story...]

cleantechnica.com - The equal pay plan is well thought out from a climate and clean energy point of view, because the bonus negawatt pay provides a real ... [read full story...]

solveclimatenews.com - Such actions are stoking the push for demand response solutions that encourage customers to cut usage at peak periods and smart grids that help utilities ... [read full story...]

renewableenergyworld.com - Furthermore, the smart grid can play an important role as countries across the EU formally draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the ...[read full story...]

smartmeters.com - It is expected that vehicle to grid advancement and adoption will be driven by global smart grid implementations; rising costs of energy; renewable energy policy; green stimulus packages; consumer and business environmental awareness... These drivers will combine to form the basis of V2G technology’s innovation, reduction in cost, and rapid adoption. [read full story...]

seekingalpha.com - One of the next big opportunities in smart grid will revolve around curing substation blindness.

Reducing voltages on transmission lines by 6% to 8% with the help of networking could result in power savings of 4% to 6% “all day long, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Mark Munday, CEO of Elster Solutions (ELT), the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) giant, in an interview.[read full story...]

renewableenergyworld.com - Analysts see a strong, upcoming demand for energy storage as part of the grid. ... that many other ways exist to control demand with a smart grid in place. [read full story...]