DOE Signs Partnership Deal with Duke Energy and EPRI To Boost Testing Of...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has signed a partnership deal with Duke Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)to further the testing and...
View ArticleKey Consensus from UTC Smart Grid Policy Summit - All Stakeholders in Smart...
One of the biggest challenges facing the deployment of smart grids is inadequate consumer education, which is in some cases is worsened by "over-hyping" the benefits of the smart grid. This general...
View ArticleWhite House To Announce New Smart Grid Funds And Initiatives
The White House is set to announce a number of public and private sector initiatives on Monday morning that are geared towards accelerating the modernization of the Nation’s electric infrastructure,...
View ArticleDOE Initiative To Enable Distribution of Solar Power To Electric Grid
The Department of Energy has announced a $1.4 billion partial loan guarantee to support an initiative, Project Amp, that seeks to install of solar panels on industrial buildings across the country. The...
View ArticleDOE Thanks Utilities And Their Crews For Hurricane Irene Power Restoration...
The preparation and response efforts of utilities to Hurricane Irene were commended by the Department of Energy in a commentary written by Patricia Hoffman, the Assistant Energy Secretary for the...
View ArticleDOE Releases Draft of Cybersecurity Risk Management Process (RMP) Guideline...
The Department of Energy, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, has released a draft of the Electricity...
View ArticleFERC Has Cybersecurity Problems, Says DOE IG
The commission seeking greater authority over the cybersecurity of the nation’s electric grid has security problems of its own. A recently released audit of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s...
View ArticleDOE Launches Electric Sector Risk Management Project
In collaboration with the White House, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and electric company senior executives, the Department of Energy (DOE) formally launched a new initiative to develop a...
View ArticleDOE Releases Draft of Risk Management Principles for Comment
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a second draft of the Electricity Subsector Cybersecurity Risk Management Process (RMP) guideline for public comment. According to the document introduction,...
View ArticleIEEE 2013 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) opened its fourth annual Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technology (ISGT) this week in Washington DC with a keynote address from Patricia Hoffman.Ms. Hoffman is...
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