Monthly Archives: August 2011
Dominion’s Smart Pricing Plan
Last week I signed up for Dominion’s smart pricing plan. I haven’t heard about when they will install a smart meter at my house, but I am looking forward to trying this out. Dominion is implementing a Time of Use (ToU) pricing plan in an attempt t… Continue reading
Are Smart Meters hazardous to your health?
Many of the latest smart meters have built in 4G LTE technology. This technology allows the smart meters to send the consumption data to the utility’s central database. From the utility’s perspective, this saves cost by eliminating the need to man… Continue reading
Global Vision for the Smart Grid: Will the Grid be the same everywhere?
Here in the US, the NIST SGIP has been coordinating the various Smart Grid stakeholders to help develop standards for an interoperable Smart Grid. Similar efforts have started in other countries. Last month, the Korean Smart Grid Task Force offici… Continue reading
Consumer Electronics versus Utilities
Most of the work that will go into transforming the current Electric Grid in to the Smart Grid will remain hidden from the average consumer. Even today people pay attention to their utility provider only when there is a service disruption or when … Continue reading
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