May 20 2009- Different states…different utilities…different thinking and progress toward the SG.  Some industry wide coordination might reflect better on then zutilities than 100 players going in 99 different directions…but who am I to say.  Different directions lends itself to government regulation.

http://www.nhpr.org/node/25059

 

May 20 2009 –  The AARP opposes the SG –   If you needed a better example of how engineering consumed utilities are go no farther than this.  You have already pissed off the largest lobbying group in the US. Instead of getting them on your side you have ignored them and let their preconceived notions of the SG guide their behavior. You will pay a price for this.  Engineering thinking…..   http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/05/smartgrid_oppos.html;jsessionid=
23AIECWOCY1VGQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN

 

 

May 19 2009  – The SG and security –  This Business Week piece says that security is  a major issue. I just got back from an industry conference where I was told (by engineers who should know) that this is a straw dog. Well which is it and why isn’t the industry out in front of this.   http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/05/talking_about_a.html

 

 

May 20 2009  – Cisco and the SG-  If Cisco endorses the SG watch out. Says it will be a 20 billion dolar business in 5 years. Involved with Miami and Pecan Street projects.

                               http://cleantechbrief.com/node/520                     http://www.crn.com/government/217500646;jsessionid=R1OZHG0ISL0TOQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN

 

                             Oracle rolls out end to end SG solution software – http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/20/oracles-rumbles-into-smart-grid-software-market/

 

 

May 20 2009- Google signed up 8 utilities for a free SG home monitoring system.  What the Google brand does is increases the probability that a consumer will trust and try whatever it is the utility is trying to get them to try.  The analogy here would be Google earth…how many people use it regularly or have tried it.  I think we need to watch Google. Just another step in Google taking over the world.  http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10245295-54.html

 

May 20 2009 – an interview with   Mie Davis director of one of US DOE’s 10 national labs. He suggests an air traffic control system for the SG.  This might be  a precursor to Federal oversight direction.

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/smart-grid-qa-mike-davis-4876

 

May 20 2009- The EU and the SG…80% of EU consumers will have smart metering by 2020.  http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/power-sector-calls-smart-grid-support/article-182541

 

May 20 2009 –  the first set of standards for the SG have been released…

http://www.fcw.com/Articles/2009/05/18/Web-NIST-Smart-Grid.aspx

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