Smart Grid Update - Policy & Regulation

Policy Brief – 17 – 30 January 2013

Heba Hashem — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:05:27 +0000

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DNV to set up smart grid lab in Netherlands

Companies mentioned: Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid, Duke Energy, EnerNOC, Steffes Corporation, Corporate Systems Engineering, Silver Spring Networks, DistribuTech Africa, DNV KEMA, Fraunhofer ISE, EMD International, RAH, RFVV, and Frost & Sullivan.

Policy Brief – 17 – 30 January 2013

DNV to set up smart grid lab in Netherlands

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2nd Annual Smart Grid Distribution Automation 2013

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 8 – 16 January 2013

ksdicks — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:42:53 +0000

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Google invests $2.65m for smart energy reforms

Companies and organisations mentioned: Google, International Electric Research Exchange, Manila Electric Company, Maryland Public Service Commission

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 8 – 16 January 2013

Google invests $2.65m for smart energy policy reforms

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 24 December 2012 - 9 January 2013

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:39:38 +0000

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Republicans filibuster smart grid cyber security bill Organisations and companies mentioned: U.S. Senate, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development organisation of Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SSE, ARPA-E, Alveo

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 24 December 2012 - 9 January 2013

Republicans filibuster smart grid cyber security bill

In the second defeat since August, the Republican minority again prevented an up or down vote in the Senate on legislation to protect the grid from cyber attack, using more than the 40 votes needed to prevent the Senate from moving to an up or down 50/50 vote.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 12 – 18 December 2012

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:10:51 +0000

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IEEE launches new WDN standards for smart grids Companies and organisations mentioned: IEEE, BEAMA

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 12 – 18 December 2012

IEEE launches new wireless data standards for smart grids

Four new updates to the IEEE 802 family of standards can be used to implement advanced metering infrastructure and ensure communications network reliability, according to an IEEE release.

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ENISA recommendations: does Europe measure up?

Jason Deign — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:06:18 +0000

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The European Network and Information Security Agency has 10 proposals to make smart grids more secure. Now it is up to the industry to put them into effect.

If you think your power grid is safe from hackers then perhaps you should have been at Def Con Kids this year.

The children’s version of the celebrated cyber-security conference featured a talk by Don Bailey, of the American IT security firm iSEC Partners, on how to hack the grid with a mobile.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 22 – 28 November 2012

Katherine Steiner-Dicks — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:49:57 +0000

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Companies and organisations mentioned: Australian Energy Market Commission, Smart Grid Australia

Australia publishes ENS provider rules

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has reported its final rules governing the economic regulation of energy network service providers.

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Social housing smart meter project to test behavioural change

Elisabeth Jeffries — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:56:53 +0000

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If it could be proved that users could slash their monthly bills without spending a cent, energy efficiency might become the next big thing to consumer energy and power efficiency. An EU project known as ICE-WISH focusing on user behaviour is investigating precisely this issue.

Running in social housing developments in ten European countries, the EU-led ICE-WISH project will test how far the use of smart meters and ICT alone (as opposed to installing insulation or double glazing) will cut bills. The aim is to reduce energy and water consumption by no less than 15% without making living conditions uncomfortable.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 14 – 21 November 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:17:00 +0000

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ComEd lobbies to recoup $100m in lost smart grid deployment revenue Companies and organisations mentioned: Commonwealth Edison, Illinois General Assembly,Atmel, G3-PLC Alliance

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 14 – 21 November 2012

ComEd lobbies to recoup $100m in lost revenue

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New European efficiency laws: what opportunities will it bring to smart grid and meter companies?

Jason Deign — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:49:41 +0000

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The new European Commission Energy Efficiency Directive will be a welcome boost for the continent’s smart grid aspirations. But if some EU members are looking at this half-heartedly in the face of economic turmoil how can smart grid companies help them achieve energy efficiency targets?

This month sees the passing into law of a European Commission (EC) Energy Efficiency Directive to help cut energy consumption 20% by 2020.

Headline measures in the directive, which was approved by European Union (EU) ministers at the beginning of October, include renovating public buildings, introducing savings targets for utilities, subjecting large enterprises to energy audits and offering financing.

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Weekly Intelligence Brief 1 – 7 November 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:01:15 +0000

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Taiwan and UK unite to co-develop smart grids Companies mentioned: Penghu Public Works Department, Cornwall Council, Itron, Cisco, British Trade and Cultural Office, RWE npower renewables, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, GE

Other companies and organisations mentioned: Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, London Array Offshore Wind Farm, Dong Energy, E.ON, Masdar, US Energy Information Administration

Weekly Intelligence Brief 1 – 7 November 2012

Taiwan and UK unite to co-develop smart grids

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Number of regulated revenue decoupling utilities triples under Obama: how energy efficiency is paying off for US utilities

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:36:38 +0000

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At the beginning of the Obama administration, only five states decoupled electric utilities’ revenues from profits. That number has now tripled, the direct result of a little-noticed administration initiative that offered $3bn to promote revenue decoupling nationally.

Decoupling revenue from sales corrects the “perverse incentive” that reduces utility motivation to increase energy efficiency. Without decoupling revenues from profits, a utility earns more when it sells more energy. The decoupling mechanism prevents the utility’s net revenues and profits from declining if its energy reduction programs are successful.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 25 October – 1 November 2012

Susan Kraemer — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:25:07 +0000

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Pacific Northwest Smart Demo goes live Companies and organisations mentioned: Battelle, U.S. Department of Energy, PNNL, DOE, European Commission

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 25 October – 1 November 2012

Pacific Northwest Smart Demo goes live

A Battelle-led smart grid project, one of several sponsored under the Recovery Act across the U.S. by the Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project has gone live, with eight of the 11 participating utilities across the Northwest now connected.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 9 October – 18 October 2012

ksdicks — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:40:51 +0000

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Companies and organisations mentioned: Ecoisland Suit, IBM, Cable & Wireless, Toshiba, Jeju Island Project

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 9 October – 18 October 2012

‘UK policy should promote smart grids’

UK Energy Minister John Hayes has reportedly hinted that the government is considering a range of new policies designed to support smart grid technologies and the demand management business models they can enable, according to reports coming from the Ecoisland Suit on the Isle of Wight this week.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 27 September – 10 October 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:23:55 +0000

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Elster, ENCS collaborate on privacy technologies Companies and organisations mentioned: Elster, The European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS), Alliander

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 27 September – 10 October 2012

Elster, ENCS collaborate on privacy enhancing technologies

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 26 September – 3 October 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:09:09 +0000

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Louisiana opt-out meter customers hit with fees Companies and organisations mentioned: Lafayette Utilities System, Itron, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica, PrimeStone

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 26 September – 3 October 2012

Louisiana opt-out meter customers hit with fees

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 20 – 26 September 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 03:01:27 +0000

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PACE programme launched across California Companies mentioned: PACE, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC)

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 20 – 26 September 2012

PACE programme launched across in California

In California, 14 counties and 126 cities have launched the nation’s largest commercial PACE programme, an innovative policy idea (Property Assessed Clean Energy), that enables property owners to reduce their buildings’ energy and use, financed through their own property tax payments.

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India’s high growth wind sector calls for smart grid infrastructure

Heba Hashem — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:59:03 +0000

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Indian wind developments are luring investors away from markets such as the US, where the end of production tax credit for wind-power utilities could result in a 75% slump in new installations. Which is also a new opportunity for smart grid technology companies.

After achieving unprecedented growth last year, the Indian wind power industry is facing significant challenges, from inadequate evacuation infrastructure and complicated land acquisition, to payment delays by utilities and withdrawal of financial incentives. How does the wind and electricity transmission sectors plan to overcome these obstacles?

A series of hurdles

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Policy Brief 19 August – 5 September 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:16:45 +0000

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UK energy regulator introduces new meter licence obligations Companies mentioned: OFGEM, Department of Energy and Climate Change

UK energy regulator introduces new meter licence obligations

The UK's energy regulator Ofgem has introduced new licence obligations for gas and electricity suppliers designed to protect domestic customers who have Advanced Domestic Meters (ADMs)3.

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Policy Brief 16 – 29 August 2012

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:53:16 +0000

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Massachusetts green lights smart meter programme Companies and organisations mentioned: National Grid, the Fraunhofer Institute, Infineon, Insta Elektro GmbH, NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH, RWTH Aachen University, Telefunken Semiconductors GmbH, Lux Research.

Policy Brief 16 – 29 August 2012

Massachusetts green lights smart meter programme

Massachusetts’ utility National Grid has won approval from the state Department of Public Utilities to launch a smart grid pilot program among 15,000 city customers in Worcester — the largest smart grid program in Massachusetts.

Over the next twelve months National Grid will begin to install smart meters to allow grid operators and customers to track energy use in real time.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 9 – 15 August 2012

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:35:47 +0000

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Obama hints at Executive Order on cyber security Companies mentioned: White House, Steria Mummert, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 9 – 15 August 2012

Obama hints at Executive Order on cyber security

On August 2nd, Senate Republicans shot down a legislative effort to shore up the nation’s infrastructure against cyber threats by preventing a vote, despite a 52 - 46 Senate majority that voted to move forward and vote on the measure.

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UK policy could open door to grid innovation and energy pricing

Elisabeth Jeffries — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:22:42 +0000

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A reforming UK policy could open the door to major grid innovation and allow more elbow room for energy efficient and renewable energy technologies.

Known as RIIO (Revenue, Incentives, Innovation, Outputs) and due to come in force in 2015, the policy rewrites the rules that determine how distribution network operators (DNOs) are funded. According to Steve Heinen, a smart grid expert at the International Energy Agency (IEA) it is a pioneering policy as yet only matched internationally by an Italian initiative. “To my knowledge, the UK and Italy are leading with these innovative policies,” he says.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 26 July – 1 August 2012

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:05:19 +0000

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British trade groups kick-start smart grid talks Companies mentioned: Energy UK, Energy Networks Association, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, FERC, Electric Power Supply Association

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 26 July – 1 August 2012

Other companies mentioned: American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute, Old Dominion Electric and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

British trade groups kick-start smart grid talks

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 18 – 25 July 2012

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:09:19 +0000

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NERC predicts rolling outages for ERCOT in August Companies mentioned: NERC, ERCOT, The International Transport Forum, SMUD

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 18 – 25 July 2012

NERC predicts rolling outages for ERCOT in August

If ERCOT again faces record-breaking electricity demand this summer as a result of extreme temperatures, it may need to initiate rotating outages to maintain the reliability of the interconnection, according to a report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 11 – 18 July 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:08:22 +0000

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USDA funds rural smart grid rollout Mentioned: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 11 – 18 July 2012

USDA funds rural smart grid rollout

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced a loan program to help rural electric cooperative utilities install smart grid technologies as part of improving generation and transmission infrastructure.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 5 – 11 July 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:46:54 +0000

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FCC sees future fee revenue in smart meters and grids Companies mentioned: US Federal Communications Commission, Alstom and CEA-Liten, Global Smart Grid Federation and Norwegian Smartgrid Centre

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 5 – 11 July 2012

FCC sees future fee revenue in smart meters and grids

The US Federal Communications Commission is proposing to expand the number and type of services that would be assessed a Universal Service contribution fund fee.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 13 – 20 June 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:54:47 +0000

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US and Russia collaborate on energy research Companies mentioned: US Department of State, .US Agency for International Development, Russian Energy Agency, Honeywell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and McAfee

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 13 – 20 June 2012

US and Russia collaborate on energy research

The United States and Russia will work on several energy efficiency research projects including a smart grid pilot project sharing exercise between the cities of San Diego and Belgorod.

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Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 6 – 13 June 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:56:48 +0000

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Europe’s Data Supervisor warns of data mining Personal energy pattern data should not get into the hands of marketing companies, advertisers or other third parties.

Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 6 – 13 June 2012

Europe’s Data Supervisor warns of data mining

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has warned that more must be down to ensure personal energy patterns gathered by smart meters and utilities are not used for other purposes such marketing, advertising and price discrimination by third parties.

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Data Management and Analytics for Utilities

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Weekly Policy and Regulation Brief 31 May – 6 June 2012

ksdicks — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:01:54 +0000

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Electric utility industry undergoing structural evolution Black & Veatch has published a report shows that the electric utility industry is starting to change how it operates.

Regulation drives utility investment says report

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Data Management and Analytics for Utilities

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