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GRIDWISE® ALLIANCE
Advocating for a Smarter Grid
Responding to Vermont’s Clean Energy Mandate:
Smart Grid = Green GridMay 19, 2010
SMART GRID…SMART GRID…• Is two-way communications and control from
power plant bus bar to meter and load center
• Allows stakeholders on the grid to have more choices and be able to participate
• Is the means to an end, not an end unto itself
• Can look different depending on the goals and needs of the system
• Enables a more reliable, more flexible, more efficient, more secure, and cleaner electric grid
What is Smart Grid?
BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: UTILITYUTILITY
• Increase energy efficiency
• Reduce carbon emissions
• Enable renewable resources
• Increase reliability
• Balance system
• Improve operational efficiency
Benefitsof
Smart Grid
BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: CONSUMERCONSUMER
• Allow consumer choice
• Increase information to consumer
• Reduce cost
• Engage consumer in technology
• Provide environmental value
Benefitsof
Smart Grid
BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT
PNNL Study: A smart grid could reduce carbon emissions
and energy use of the electric sector by up to 12% by
2030
Benefitsof
Smart Grid
BENEFITS OF SMART GRID: ECONOMYECONOMY
• Green jobs (KEMA predicted 280,000 by 2012)
• Higher value jobs, retention
• VC investment in entrepreneurs
• New manufacturing base
• Global competitiveness
• K-Post Doc education programs
Benefitsof
Smart Grid
SO HOW DO WE PUT THAT INTO POLICY?• EISA/ARRA (projects, standards)
• Waxman/Markey Bill (HR 2454)
• Senate Energy (S 1462)
• Boxer Bill (S 1733)
• Kerry Bill (American Power Act)
• America COMPETES Act (HR 5325)
• E-KNOW (HR 4860)
• Cybersecurity (S 773, HR 2165)
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