Tag: Utilities
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Worldwide Smart Grid Spending to Hit $46 Billion in 2015
A new report says utilities around the world will ramp up smart grid spending, with worldwide projects hitting $46.4 billion in 2015.
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Ask Pablo: Why Would My Electric Utility Want Me To Use Less Electricity?
It seems counterintuitive. Is it just greenwashing? Is it due to government regulation? Let's find out.
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Viral Video Calls for Mass Exodus from Fossil Fuels
Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.
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PG&E Customers Can Say No to Smart Meters, But at a Price
California state regulators voted that PG&E customers can opt-out of smart meter installations, but they'll have to pay a fine and a monthly fee.
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California Utility Opens First Sustainable Campus as Model Utility Site
Burbank Water & Power opens a sustainable power plant campus as a model for re-adapting industrial sites from water reclamation to solar
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Opponents of Smart Meters Fall Short on Effort to Ban Installations In Illinois Town
A judge rules against smart meter opponents in Naperville, Illinois who wanted to hold a vote on whether the devices should be installed in their city.
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Smart Grid Survey Shows People Want More Than Just Money Savings
Study shows that customers think the non-monetary benefits of the smart grid are great. That is, once someone explains what they are...
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Dr. Michel Gelobter on Nukes, Republicans, Tech, and the Future of Energy (Podcast)
After seven years in government, seven years in non-profits, and seven years in business, Michel Gelobter jokes that he's headed for the clergy next. And why not? He's led Redefining Progress, been a professor at Rutgers, and run environmental quality
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Another Reason We Need the Smart Grid: Record Heat
In case you're still among the set doubting if the smart grid is really necessary, Earth2Tech has a solid post explaining how record heat (something that is going to happen a lot more often, unfortunately) is a prime example of how the smart grid can
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NASA's James Hansen on Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice (Podcast)
One of the most venerated scientists of our time, James Hansen is the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a position he's held for three decades. Long before climate change was a household term, Hansen was one of the first to talk about
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Musician Ben Sollee on the Ravages of Coal and the Wonders of the Bicycle (Podcast)
Among music festivals, Bonnaroo is the juggernaut, and this year is was bigger than ever with 80,000 people descending on Manchester, Tennessee. One of the innumerable artists to preside over the festival's many stages (which included sitting in with My
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Smart Grid Comes To The Netherlands
It's no secret that there are vast concerns in major utility companies operating a large smart grid connected to household smart meters that charge consumers a variable rate based on
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"Fish Chopper" Animation Shows the Gruesome, Deadly Side of Power Plant Cooling Towers (Video)
The Sierra Club is pointing attention to the once-through cooling systems used by many power plants. Power plants suck up over 200 billion gallons of water a day, and with that water comes millions of fish that don't exactly
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Alexis Madrigal on Powering the Dream (Podcast)
Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and
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Competition to Find a New Design to Replace the Electrical Pylons
It's an icon that has been part of our lives forever... The electricity pylon was invented, in this design, in the '20's and since then it has been marching across the fields and highways of our mind
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Caltech's Energy Retrofit: From Fuel Cells to a Daylighting Celeostat
On Caltech's campus, student engineers and scientists are busy in labs day and night working on hairy solar panels, termite
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Maine Requires Smart Meter Opt-Out
GreenTechMedia reports on new developments in Maine, where a smart meter op-out option will be mandatory for utilities. It's part of the growing backlash among consumers against smart meter installations. Follow Jaymi on Twitter for more stories like
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PG&E; Replacing 1,600 Smart Meters with a Rare Defect Affecting Customers' Billing
Pacific Gas & Electric, a California-based utility, has been plagued with issues during their major push to get smart meters installed in every household in their area, from complaints about possible health
