The electric grid is a network formed of power plants, transmission lines, and consumers. In the future, the expectation is that the consumers will increase significantly their consumption of energy.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In just a matter of weeks, many National Grid customers will start getting new smart meters installed at their homes or businesses. Officials with the utility company are ...

Grid4C-Landis+Gyr partnership will provide utilities with granular real-time predictions and actionable insights for operations and customer-facing applications. Grid4C has partnered with Landis+Gyr ...

The utility industry is one of the last industries to go digital as the advent of smart grid meter technology is bringing it into the modern age. A secure wireless network for two-way communication is ...

Specifically, Cisco and Itron will come up with a reference design, based on IPv6 technology, for standards-based smart grid technology. Their relationship won't be exclusive; Cisco expects to sell ...

The government’s initiative to replace conventional meters with smart metering technology is transforming India's electricity ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to shift to a smart energy system, including a national smart grid, which should pave the way to a low carbon future that includes large wind farms, more efficient ...

Think of eMeter as the data-keeper for the smart grid. Since 2000, the San Mateo, Calif.-based startup has built a business supplying its data management software to utilities that need a way to ...

Sometimes technology and policy fall out of sync, and sometimes they reinforce one another. In Colorado, Xcel Energy and state regulators have just started a new experiment in how to unshackle the ...

Smart metering and street lighting represent key market segments in Mexico Mexico has steadily progressed in developing one of the largest smart grid infrastructure and smart cities markets in both ...

Marketing and advertising groups often have a tendency to capitalize on technological trends faster than engineers and users can settle into the technology itself. Perhaps it’s no surprise that it is ...