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May 22 2013

Is North Carolina’s Research Triangle the Smart Grid’s Silicon Valley?

Cleantechnica - Raleigh-Durham area has 60 companies working on the smart grid.

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Neil Strother

Smart Meter Backlash Continues as Vermont Moves to Free Opt-Out

The small but vocal anti-smart-meter crowd notches a victory.»

Peter Asmus

Disruptive Technology: The View from San Francisco

How thermostats, smart grid and the cloud will disrupt the staid energy market.»

Cleantechnica

California Utility Customers Can “Opt-Out” of Smart Meters

The reluctant will pay a fee to keep the old analog meter.»

Bob Gohn

The Class Warfare of Dynamic Pricing

The politics of pricing electricity are more complicated than anyone expected.»

Neil Strother

Utilities’ IQs Rising

Innovative, money-saving ideas emerge on the smart grid.»

Andy Bae

Blackout in Seoul

Korea seeks a smarter grid after an outage takes it by surprise.»

Gerry Runte

Glendale’s Smart Meter Deployment: Q&A

How one utility learned to love the smart grid.»

John Gartner

‘Generals’ Devise Tactics for Grid-EV Collision

General Motors and General Electric are developing technology for cars and the grid to interact.»

Green Stocks Central

EnerNOC Acquires Largest Demand Response Provider in Australia & New Zealand

U.S. smart grid provider establishes a beachhead in the East.»

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GreenTechMedia

Opower Claims 5 Million More Homes

Utilities begin to think of home energy management as a must-have.»

Triple Pundit

Green Button Energy Saving Program Attracts Heavy Hitters

Why is the energy industry beginning to love it?»

Earth2Tech

How the Honeywell-Nest Lawsuit Could Stifle Innovation

Fostering a climate of fear in the cleantech industry.»

GreenTechMedia

U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra, Champion of Consumer Energy Awareness, Resigns

A smart-grid-savvy official departs his post.»

Earth2Tech

Boulder Gears Up for Legal Battle Over the Grid

A utility's worst nightmare takes shape in Colorado.»

Earth2Tech

12 Smart Grid Startups to Watch in 2012

While not neccessarily big, these are companies that could be disruptive.»

Earth2Tech

Siemens to Buy Smart Grid Software Company eMeter

One of 2011's smart grid success stories.»

Triple Pundit

Smart Grids Could Reduce Impact of Hurricanes Like Irene

A wealth of data helps utilities keep the lights on.»

EarthTechling

New York Readies for New Smart Grid

Control center will help the state embrace more renewable resources like solar and wind.»

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