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• Bedtime stories: how clever marketing and free offpeak energy are easing grid stress in Texas

  The electricity grid in Texas is stressed out in the summer months, which has spurred a very attractive consumer off peak power use initiative, which inlcudes wind energy.

  Wed, 2012-06-27 12:31
• Texas heats up EV viability for utilities

  SmartGridUpdate speaks to ECOtality’s Dave Aasheim, who is managing a free EV charging station rollout in Texas, following up on news we covered about an electricity plan being tried in Texas to encourage EV adoption, offering free night time electricity.

  Wed, 2012-06-27 12:50
• Commercial roofs reduce peak demand with “nega-watt” peaker plant made of ice

  We look into US-based Ice Energy's technology which is offering a simple and effective way to reduce peak demand electricity use and just with a click of a mouse and a block of ice.

  Wed, 2012-07-18 06:26
• Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 18 – 25 July 2012

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

  Wed, 2012-07-25 16:09
• Weekly Intelligence Brief 18 – 25 July 2012

  GE opens $100m sodium-nickel battery factory
 Companies mentioned: Survalent Technology, Comision Federal de Electricidad, the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, Infigen Energy, General Electric, Pike Research, Navigant

  Wed, 2012-07-25 16:21
• Wind power storage keeps Alaska out of the cold

  Alaskans could get used to local wind power and smart distributed storage if it means finding a cheaper and cleaner alternative to expensive diesel oil.

  Wed, 2012-08-01 08:27
• Weekly Intelligence Brief 26 July – 1 August 2012

  China, UK team up on next gen energy storage Companies mentioned: University of Leeds, Chinese Academy of Sciences, BMW i Ventures, Coulomb Technologies, Azure, GTM Research, GM, OnStar, A123 Systems, ERCOT

  Wed, 2012-08-01 08:47
• Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 26 July – 1 August 2012

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

  Wed, 2012-08-01 09:05
• Smart Grid Update Policy Brief 9 – 15 August 2012

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

  Wed, 2012-08-15 09:35
• Weekly Intelligence Brief 9 – 15 August 2012

  FortisBC look to Cisco GridBlocks to smarten grid Companies mentioned: FortisBC, Itron, Cisco, Petra Solar, Mitsui, Viridity Energy, Saft S.A., GridSense