SoCal Renewable Energy Transmission Lines to Power 3M Homes
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Southern California Edison (SCE) announced yesterday that the first phase of their Teh...
US Invests in Smart Grid Training
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Rockville, Md. - Schools across the country will be receiving stimulus funds in an attempt to educate electrical workers i...
LED Street Lights- Time to Shine is Now
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As Federal Government stimulus funds continue to roll in, many cities across the United States are tear...
Boulder, Colorado Becomes World’s First Smart Grid City
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Xcel Energy announced that they have successfully implemented the Ventyx Smart Grid Operations Solution in Boulder, Colorado.
This implementation is the f...
ComEd Requests Federal Funding From ICC for Smart Grid
Yesterday, a petition was submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) by ComEd to approve the application for federal stimulus money that would fund half of the $350 million Smart Grid pilot. According to ComEd, if this is approved and the entire $350 million is funded, this could add 180,00...
Smart Internet Rerouting Could Save Companies 40%
While it seems that 'cloud computing' is the next big frontier in information technology, when it comes to energy consumption it's quite a step back. Right now, teams of researches at Carnegie Mellon University and MIT are working on a new algorithm that is designed to route internet traffic to area...
Department of Energy Receives Over 400 Smart Grid Grant Proposals
Over four hundred stimulus grant proposals have been received by the United States Department of Energy for the purpose of setting up the proposed smart grid system. The DoE is planning to choose which proposals to go with in November, but right now they are still in the process of adding up the tot...
