Smart Meters Health Risks Called Preposterous
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridThe electronic emissions from a baby monitor are 340 times greater than those emitted by a smart meter.” The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has authority to approve or reject the current FortisBC application to deploy smart meters in its …
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Latest Electricity Meters Smart Meters Market Global Industry Analysis
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridAlbany, NY — (SBWIRE) — 05/23/2013 — Favorable regulatory conditions are expected to aid in increasing smart meter rollouts over the next few years. Initiatives from governments, other regulatory organizations, as well as electricity utility …
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Infrastructure Smart customers seek smart grids
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart Grid“The smart grid brings together the idea of grid modernization and the closer integration of all actors in our electricity system,” Hain said, adding that the concept requires that players “synchronize and optimize the electrical system of your own …
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EnerNOC Solution Wins Award
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridSmart-Grid.TMCnet.com has named EnerNOC's DemandSMART winner of the 2012 Smart Grid Product of the Year award. Gregg Dixon, EnerNOC senior vice president of marketing and sales says, “As a result of continued innovation, demand response has …
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PG&E Introduces New Battery Storage Pilot
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridThis smart grid project uses sodium-sulfur battery energy storage. It has a 4-MW capacity and can store more than six hours of energy. According to PG&E, the system has the potential “to provide important services for balancing energy supply and demand …
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Cyber security spending on electrical grid infrastructure to reach 2 9bn by 2013
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridStreamlining of the power sector and the emergence of the smart grid has ignored issues related to cyber security, the report said. Incorporating port authentication, little encryption methods, the industrial control systems cannot frequently identify …
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UK Power Networks plans for 135 million smart grid saving
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridSmart grid technologies are expected to help UK Power Networks save £135 million on the cost of distributing electricity between 2015 and 2023. The distribution network operator (DNO) for London, the south east, and the east of England, has included …
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VIEWPOINT Smart meters and your health safety
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridBy definition a smart meter records the consumption of electricity in the intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the power company for both monitoring and billing purposes. Smart meters are currently being …
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ACC due diligence or damage control
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridIn what appears to be a reference to the press release's mention of “re-opening” the “smart” meter docket, ACC Chairman Bob Stump says, “This step will help Commissioners do their due diligence by ensuring we have as much data as possible on this …
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Endesa has 3 5 million smart meters installed
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Filed under Smart GridEndesa had over 3.5 million smart meters installed by the end of April 2013 at residential customer premises in the regions it serves as an electricity distributor, equivalent to 30% of its overall smart meter installation program in Spain, the company …
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