They Said It
“To get a greener grid, you need a Smart Grid.”
U.S. Department of Energy, “The Smart Grid: An Introduction,” 2008 view source website »
“…smart behaviors, smart choices, and smart planning should be thought of as an essential resource for achieving energy and climate goals."
ACEEE (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy), "Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change: Policy Directions, Program Innovations, and Research Paths," November 2008 view source website »
“Demand response will be a powerful tool for meeting the environmental challenges ahead.”
California Independent System Operator (CAISO), “eGrid Technologies Help Achieve Environmental Goals,” December 2007 view source website »
“Energy Storage is critical to grid operations.”
U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu, “Investing in Our Energy Future,” September 2009view source website »
“The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.”
New York Times, “Wind Energy Bumps into Power Grid’s Limits,” August 2008 view source website »
“Pairing another environmentally friendly resource—demand response—with renewable power will help the [California] ISO maintain grid reliability. Demand reduction is just as effective, and often less expensive, than adding megawatts onto the grid and it doesn’t add a single pollutant.”
California Independent System Operator (CAISO), “eGrid Technologies Help Achieve Environmental Goals,” December 2007 view source website »
“One area in which energy storage technologies could provide great benefits is in conjunction with renewable energy resources. By storing energy from variable resources such as wind and solar power, energy storage could provide firm generation from these units, allow the energy produced to be used more efficiently.”
U.S. Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee, “Bottling Electricity: Storage as a Strategic Tool for Managing Variability and Capacity Concerns in the Modern Grid,” December 2008 view source website »
“Smart Grid technologies will allow the grid to better adapt to the dynamics of renewable energy and distributed generation, helping utilities and consumers more easily access these resources and reap the benefits.”
U.S. Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee, “Smart Grid: Enabler of the New Energy Economy,” December 2008 view source website »
“And it turns out that demand response, local storage, and distributed generation are among the best ‘dance partners’ to ensure we can reliably integrate renewable energy resources into the grid.”
Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), “Remarks of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff CAISO Stakeholder Symposium October 7, 2009,” 10/7/09 view source website »
“Further, Smart Grid may facilitate the integration of renewable resources, reduce energy use, deploy Demand Response, and reduce greenhouse gases.”
NERC, “2009 Long-Term Reliability Assessment,” October 2009
view source website »“The smart grid effort is about finding ways to change the electricity grid so that utilities can help reduce peoples' juice-guzzling habits.”
New York Times, “Largest 'Smart Grid' Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use,” October 2009 view source website »
“Reducing carbon emissions and controlling energy demand requires upgraded and smarter electricity grids in Europe and energy efficiency measures.”
Lord Mogg (non-executive) Chairman of Ofgem, Chairman of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), and President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), “World Energy Regulators Commit to Eight Concrete Actions to Help Meet the Climate Change Challenge,” October 2009 view source website »
“Investments in grids need to be carried out to introduce intelligent technologies that will benefit consumers and also help to reach GHG reduction targets.”
International Confederation of Energy Regulators, “World Energy Regulators’ Statement on Climate Change,” October 2009 view source website »
“And it turns out that demand response, local storage, and distributed generation are among the best ‘dance partners’ to ensure we can reliably integrate renewable energy resources into the grid.”
Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), “Remarks of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff CAISO Stakeholder Symposium October 7, 2009,” 10/7/09 view source website »
“Further, Smart Grid may facilitate the integration of renewable resources, reduce energy use, deploy Demand Response, and reduce greenhouse gases.”
NERC, “2009 Long-Term Reliability Assessment,” October 2009
view source website »“The smart grid effort is about finding ways to change the electricity grid so that utilities can help reduce peoples' juice-guzzling habits.”
New York Times, “Largest 'Smart Grid' Test Hopes to Shock Consumers about Energy Use,” October 2009 view source website »
“Reducing carbon emissions and controlling energy demand requires upgraded and smarter electricity grids in Europe and energy efficiency measures.”
Lord Mogg (non-executive) Chairman of Ofgem, Chairman of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), and President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), “World Energy Regulators Commit to Eight Concrete Actions to Help Meet the Climate Change Challenge,” October 2009 view source website »
Investments in grids need to be carried out to introduce intelligent technologies that will benefit consumers and also help to reach GHG reduction targets.”
International Confederation of Energy Regulators, “World Energy Regulators’ Statement on Climate Change,” October 2009 view source website »
