Author Archives: Vinay Igure
Understanding Demand Response
One of the important motivating factors for building the Smart Grid is improving Demand Response. This is also related to the goal of reducing peak demand. But why is it important to reduce peak demand? And what does it mean to have ‘Demand Respon… Continue reading
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
An Epiphany about Reading Books and Reading about Books
I have noticed that I have been reading more about books than the books themselves. In many ways, this trend was bound to happen. There are more books out there than any one human can read in a lifetime. And, plenty of new books are released every… Continue reading
The Smart Phone Market and the Car Market
Today a ‘leak’ from Nokia turned up on the Web and showed details of Nokia’s first Windows phone. Judging by the professional quality of the video, it hardly feels like a leak. As so many others have guessed, the ‘leak’ was most likely the work of… Continue reading
The Signal Processing Industry and the Smart Grid
Since the term Smart Grid encompasses everything from Power Generation to consumer usage at home and offices, the work on developing the Smart Grid affects a whole range of industries. A recent article in the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine looked… Continue reading
Will the Smart Grid Cross the Chasm?
The Smart Grid concept has been around for a few years now. There have been a bunch of pilot projects, but the typical consumer has largely been unaffected by work in this area. There have been grumblings all along and even a few high profile nays… Continue reading
Smart Grid Videos
Following up on the introductory post on the Smart Grid, I wanted to assemble a group of videos that would serve as a good introduction to the Smart Grid. It turns out that there is already a very good collection out there: The 10 Smart Grid Video… Continue reading
Pulper Tank 