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Smart Grid
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Smart Grid Legal News
An Unexpected Benefit of Smart Meters – Safety
By Linda Evers
Most utilities list the ability to minimize theft of service as a smart grid benefit. In the same crime fighting spirit, smart meters provide customers an unexpected method of detecting…
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Dan Delurey Discusses DR, Smart Grid and the National Town Meeting
By Linda Evers
I am looking forward to the National Town Meeting on Demand Response & Smart Grid July 9-11, 2013. It is one event I enjoy attending as it typically provides a…
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Legislators Override Veto; Supporting Smart Grid in Illinois
By Linda Evers
The quest to bring the smart grid to Illinois did not stop with the first veto override of the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act in 2011. In many respects it fueled…
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Smart Grid Kentucky
By Linda Evers
Last year, the Commonwealth of Kentucky released its final report of the Smart Grid Kentucky Roadmap Initiative. The report is a hefty 370 pages and provides an in-depth analysis of…
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DOE Study Shows Smart Grid Investments Good for the Economy
By Linda Evers
DOE recently released a study that analyzes the economy-wide impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA) funding for Smart Grid project deployment administered…
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Smart Grid Customer Awareness and Education in Illinois
By Linda Evers
In the past, customer education typically meant nothing more than a bill insert and perhaps an additional public notice. Then came the smart grid and suddenly more is required… much…
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Cybersecurity 2.0 for State Regulators… and Utilities
By Linda Evers
The smart grid creates the need for greater cybersecurity and is also part of the solution. The smart grid represents the modernization of electricity infrastructure often through added technology, allowing…
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New York State Smart Grid Consortium Issues White Paper on New York’s Smart Grid Future
By Linda Evers
The New York State Smart Grid Consortium, a not-for-profit public-private partnership that promotes broad statewide implementation of the smart grid, contracted with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to engage…
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EPRI Released a New Guidebook for Cost/Benefit Analysis of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects
By Linda Evers
The Challenges: Getting regulatory approval for smart grid projects. Monetizing benefits. The Help: Electric Power Research Institute’s (“EPRI”) new guidebook for cost/benefit analysis of smart grid demonstration projects. Even utilities…
Inside Privacy
ENISA Publishes New Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security
In December 2012, the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a set of (non-binding) Guidelines titled, “Appropriate security measures for smart grids; Guidelines to assess the sophistication of…