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Smart Grid Technologies: Cheaper, Better Solar Cells on the Way?
3 Sep 2010 | 9:40 pm
With some outside-the-box thinking and a hefty pinch of luck, National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists have come up with a new way to make solar cells that they say is likely to lead to more efficient and cheaper cells than those in use today.
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NIST Releases Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security
3 Sep 2010 | 9:26 pm
After 17 months of work, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its first guidelines for Smart Grid cyber security. They include high-level security requirements, risk assessment, an evaluation of privacy issues, grid protection strategies and more.
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Independent Probe Says Heat (Not Smart Meters) Caused PG&E Bills to Soar
3 Sep 2010 | 6:40 pm
Score one for smart meter technology. The Structure Group’s independent evaluation of PG&E’s smart meters indicate they are accurate. But the utility gets demerits for its customer service.
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PG&E Advanced Metering Assessment Report Commissioned by the California PUC
3 Sep 2010 | 6:12 pm
In response to hundreds of consumer complaints about high electric bills occurring about the same time PG&E began rolling out smart meters, the California PUC commissioned the Structure Group to conduct an independent evaluation of the accuracy of the PG&E smart meters. This exhaustive report, an important read klsdfor industry…
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PG&E Advanced Metering Assessment Report: Executive Summary
3 Sep 2010 | 5:51 pm
By the fall of 2009, the California PUC had logged more than 600 consumer complaints about higher than expected electric bills after installation of PG&E smart meters. In response, the CPUC commissioned the Structure Group to conduct an independent evaluation of the accuracy of those meters. This is the executive…
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