Smart Green Grid Initiative

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U.S. Smart Grid’s Pitch to Congress in Copenhagen
(GreenTechGrid – December 18, 2009)
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Smart Grid to Address Climate Change?
One Smart Grid Coalition Presents this Option
(TMCNet.com – December 21, 2009)
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With Climate Deal in Works, DRSG Coalition Works on Congress
(SmartGridToday – December 21, 2009)
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Smart Grid Coalition Briefs House Speaker and Congressional Delegation in Copenhagen on How Smart Grid Helps Address Climate Change
(December 18, 2009)

Members of the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the other members of the House Delegation to COP-15 in Copenhagen. The DRSG members provided the Delegation with a brief overview on the smart grid and allowed House Members to actually see some smart grid devices in action. The DRSG members talked not only about how the smart grid enables greater energy efficiency and renewables but also about the fact that it may actually be necessary for achievement of climate change goals. They also talked about their support for the Smart Green Grid Initiative.
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US Coalition of Big-Name Actors Calls for International Real-Time Power Date Mandate: DRSG, GE, Google, Whirlpool Float Idea in Copenhagen
(SmartGridToday 16, 2009)

This SmartGridToday article reports on the “Call To Action” issued by SGGI supporters--- including the DRSG Coalition, Google, GE, and Whirlpool---in Copenhagen during the COP-15. The SGGI supporters specifically call for enabling customers to be able to receive real-time electricity-consumption information.
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Delurey, Hamilton Report to Us from Copenhagen
(SmartGridToday, December 14, 2009)

This SmartGridToday article about the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-15) in Copenhagen is based on reports from the Smart Green Grid Initiative. It notes that the smart grid has been a prominent topic at the conference.
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Green Grid Initiative OK’d to Take Google, Whirlpool to Copenhagen
(November 25, 2009)

This SmartGridToday article reports on the Smart Green Grid Initiative receiving UN approval to attend COP-15, the climate-chance conference in Copenhagen. It says that SGGI’s main message is that “the smart grid is something that makes reaching targets for reducing emissions easier.
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DR Group Heads to Copenhagen to Promote ‘Green Grid’ Initiative 
(October 20, 2009)

This SmartGridToday article reports on the launch of the Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI). It cites the Demand Response Coordinating Committee’s (DRCC) support of SGGI, and it quotes the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and GE Energy. 
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GE, Whirlpool and Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative
Aimed at Including Smart Grid in Copenhagen Meetings
(Washington, Tuesday, October 20, 2009)

GE, Whirlpool Corporation and a number of other companies today announced the creation of a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the role of smart grid technologies and practices in the achievement of climate change goals. Called the Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI), the effort will include educational events at the upcoming climate change meetings in Copenhagen. SGGI has been approved by the United Nations to be an official smart grid delegation to the Copenhagen meetings. SGGI will also be sponsoring educational events in the U.S. in the weeks preceding the meetings in Copenhagen.
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“To get a greener grid, you need a Smart Grid.”
U.S. Department of Energy, “The Smart Grid: An Introduction,” 2008

“…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

“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

“Energy Storage is critical to grid operations.”
U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu, “Investing in Our Energy Future,” September 2009

“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

“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

“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

“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

The Smart Green Grid Initiative
The Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI) is a non-profit coalition focused on development and dissemination of information about how the smart grid can support attainment of climate-change goals. 
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