A New York State bill supporting the use of real time pricing smart metering for residential consumers has passed the Finance Committee and is scheduled for a vote. Introduced by New York State Senator Kevin Parker, Bill 1642A says deploying smart meters enables consumers will be able to make informed decisions about their energy use.

E.ON has selected TOA Technologies’ ETAdirect field service management solution for its smart meter roll-out. E.ON expects to replace eight million meters by 2020.

Plug In America, a plug-in EV advocacy group, said the number of the cars sold would reach 100,000 this week – a number the organization sees as a milestone. It's based on published reports of EV sales.

The Illinois State Senate has overridden Governor Pat Quinn’s veto on Senate Bill 9, which denied utilities the right to raise rates to pay for smart grid implementation. The Illinois House of representatives also needs to vote to override the governor’s veto for the measure to become law, but the original bill passed by a large majority so passage is expected.

S&C Electric's Michael Edmonds understands the importance and relevance of smart grids to smart cities. Read the story for his views on the related challenges, from financing to regulatory issues, and how the market and technologies are progressing.

May 22, 2013 Moniz: Tesla Repayment Shows the Strength of Energy Department’s Overall Loan Portfolio

Tesla Automotive repaid the entire remaining balance on a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy nine years earlier than originally required.

...Legislators Enact Senate Bill 9, Putting Smart Grid Back on Track TMCNet: Legislators Enact Senate Bill 9, Putting Smart Grid Back on Track [May 22, 2013] Legislators ...

Projects at seven colleges and universities around the U.S. will receive awards from the Department of Energy to better prepare the electricity industry workforce of the future in synchrophasor technology. Click for details on this new program and which schools will be involved.

...competition's energy conservation award for their project, which examined the potential to harness data being collected through the burgeoning smart grid. Such data can provide consumers with information about their own energy consumption to better understand and control their energy ...

A new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the top 100 power producers shows that the electric industry cut emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx), [...]

May 22, 2013Better Buildings Challenge Reports First Year’s Savings; Partners on Track to Meet 2020 Goal

National Leadership Initiative to Make America’s Industrial and Commercial Buildings 20 Percent More Efficient by 2020

U.K.-based E.ON has selected TOA Technologies' ETAdirect field service management solution to help with the utility's project to install 8 million smart meters by 2020. [...]

...subversion of power control systems has become a reality. The restructuring of the power sector and the emergence of the smart grid has largely ignored the issue of cyber security. Industrial control systems have poor methods of authentication, little encryption, and ...

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced it is allowing Idaho Power Co. to modify a demand response contract with EnerNOC, as the utility [...]

Elster has named Mark Fronmuller president of Elster Solutions. He joins the company after serving as senior vice president of global utilities at SAIC Energy [...]

Verdeeco, a smart grid analytics firm, has introduced a configurable online customer portal application that electric utilities can offer their customers. According to the company, [...]

...a leading developer of cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS, mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring, smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other partner companies ...

...link-based box-to-box applications primarily within cloud service data centers; -- Network Synchronization Preservation: Synchronization is critical for mobile, smart grid, financial, and industrial networks. Vitesse's Intellisec-enabled devices surpass the reach of competitive MACsec PHYs by working seamlessly ...

...area.The new Claricor 3 version includes high-speed data (TEDS) and provides more than enough bandwidth for data in Smart Grid or SCADA applications. At the heart of the Claricor 3 system is the IP-connected DXT3p switch from Cassidian ...

...Toshiba's Proposal Reaches Major Milestone in IEC International Standardization for Smart Grids TMCNet: Toshiba's Proposal Reaches Major Milestone in IEC International Standardization for Smart Grids [May 22, 2013] Toshiba's ...