Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Monitor Urges Utilities to Go Slow on Smart Grid Renovations - NYTimes.com

Monitor Urges Utilities to Go Slow on Smart Grid Renovations - NYTimes.com:
Published: July 27, 2010
"Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) are two transformational technologies whose potential won't be known for a decade or more, says the task force, whose members included representatives of investor-owned power companies and cooperatives, grid managers, a consumer organization and the Energy Department, among others. It was chaired by Ben Crisp, director of system planning and regulatory performance for Progress Energy Florida in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The report, 'Reliability Impacts of Climate Change Initiatives: Technology Assessment and Scenario Development,' considers how the reliable operation of the grid could be affected if the U.S. adopted carbon reduction goals at the levels of the House-passed 'American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009."

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