SmartGrid Current

The Electricity Advisory Committee’s report on the challenges and opportunities faced by the Department of Energy as it seeks to implement the Smart Grid:

http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/final-smart-grid-report.pdf

The Electricity Advisory Committee’s report to the Department of Energy on what needs to be done to ensure that we can meet future demand for electricity:

http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/adequacy_report_01-09-09.pdf

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s in depth assessment of the status of Demand Response and Advanced Metering:

http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/12-08-demand-response.pdf

A great report highlighting one of the many reasons why a smarter grid is so important:

http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Overviews_Misc/The_Green_Grid_Energy_Savings_and_Carbon_Emissions_Reductions_Enabled_by_a_Smart_Grid.html

A thorough review of state and federal Smart Grid policy developments since 2005, prepared for the National Council on Electricity Policy:

http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/NCEP_Demand_Response_1208.pdf

If you are interested in a global perspective of what is going on, take a look at this map:

http://greenlight.greentechmedia.com/2009/01/02/a-smart-meter-map-of-the-world-931/

A brief overview of the Smart Grid’s progress in 2008:

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/the-year-in-smart-grid-5422.html

MIT Technology Review explains the importance of making the grid smarter:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21747/?a=f

A great overview of what the Smart Grid is all about, prepared for the DOE:

http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/DOE_SG_Book_Single_Pages.pdf