SMART GRID

As a follow-up to my previous post on fixing the grid, I thought it might be worth mentioning the term "smart grid", which... if you already know what it is, you must be up to date on your reading. So, what does it mean? The term is basically referring to the digital technology component that will help better manage energy flows, making energy delivery more efficient - increasing reliability, reducing usage & cost. I think of it as the supply & demand technology assisting utilities and consumers (including metering & user software + hardware). They are the networking routers, the gatekeepers of the ebb & flow of usage on the grid, masters of the yin and yang of energy consumption. Hopefully this helps.