John Field, Director of Carbon Management, Power Efficiency

Power Efficiency, a leading energy procurement and carbon strategy consultancy, has today warned that some of the UK’s 5,000 largest energy users required to take part in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, may not get the measures to improve their league table performance in place before the close of the first year’s reporting on 31st March 2011.

John Field, Director of Carbon Management, Power Efficiency

Power Efficiency, a leading energy procurement and carbon strategy consultancy, has today warned that some of the UK’s 5,000 largest energy users required to take part in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, may not get the measures to improve their league table performance in place before the close of the first year’s reporting on 31st March 2011.

Jim Greer, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Engineering, Oncor

In an effort to prove the reliability of smart meters, three dozen homes have been fitted with old meters and smart meters side by side in North and Central Texas. Both meters will record usage for the home, allowing Oncor to see whether the smart meter runs faster than the old meter.

Jim Greer, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Engineering, Oncor

In an effort to prove the reliability of smart meters, three dozen homes have been fitted with old meters and smart meters side by side in North and Central Texas. Both meters will record usage for the home, allowing Oncor to see whether the smart meter runs faster than the old meter.

Over nine hundred utility executives, government regulators, and engineers met at the Metering America conference this week to discuss the future of energy use and the smart grid.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is quickly positioning itself as one of the first U.S. utilities to show consumers the benefits of smart meters – greater choice, control and convenience.

John Field, Director of Carbon Management, Power Efficiency

Power Efficiency, a leading energy procurement and carbon strategy consultancy, has today warned that some of the UK’s 5,000 largest energy users required to take part in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, may not get the measures to improve their league table performance in place before the close of the first year’s reporting on 31st March 2011.

While many eyes were turned to the baseball world series taking place in New York City on October 27-28, 2009, the Smart Energy East Coast Conference was hitting a few home runs of its own that week. As the Yankees were in the midst of capturing their 27th world series, Spintelligent and its outstanding lineup of speakers and corporate sponsors were winning an equally important title in providing what many agreed was the best industry forum for discussion of critical smart grid issues on the East Coast this year.

Jim Greer, Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Engineering, Oncor

In an effort to prove the reliability of smart meters, three dozen homes have been fitted with old meters and smart meters side by side in North and Central Texas. Both meters will record usage for the home, allowing Oncor to see whether the smart meter runs faster than the old meter.

Perspectives and retrospectives are clichéd at this time of year, but there are real reasons to assess the state and direction of ZigBee in the coming year. We believe 2009 will be the year of ZigBee. Maybe Time will name ZigBee “Person of the Year” and feature a big, round and red Z on its cover.