As the smart city opens up new types of services and looks to address new technical, environmental and economic challenges, all stakeholders need to reconsider their roles and how those impact… Read more »
It’s finally here! Yesterday, California Public Utility Commission issued what it expects to be its official rules for managing the security and privacy of utility customer energy data when it comes… Read more »
Last week’s Verdantix and AT&T report on the energy and carbon emission savings to come from cloud computing is the latest in a long line of studies stating the obvious: Shifting… Read more »
The network of the smart grid is taking its sweet time to get deployed, but we still need smart applications to run over these networks once they are fully installed. Here… Read more »
What’s going on with the smart grid in Europe? About €5.5 billion ($7.7 billion) worth of projects, according to this new report on the European smart grid scene from the JRC… Read more »
Last week’s launch of Silver Spring Networks’ long-awaited IPO is a big deal for the smart-grid industry. The company’s early public performance could be considered a gauge of the sector’s health… Read more »
It’s the big smart grid IPO of the year. Silver Spring Networks, the most successful smart meter-smart grid networking startup out there, has filed for an initial public offering to raise… Read more »
Last week, California’s big three utilities — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — released in-depth smart grid deployment roadmaps that include about $5.6… Read more »
California’s big utilities are getting more specific about their smart grid plans. Today is the deadline for Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to… Read more »
General Electric may not pay taxes, but it sure does spend big on its Ecomagination line of pro-green business. In fact, GE spent as much as $1.8 billion on research and… Read more »