Earlier this month the journal Electricity Policy reported a regulatory victory for wind power owners: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has decided that the Bonneville Power Administration cannot force wind producers to curtail production in favor of hydroelectric plants.
The new FERC order emphasizes that BPA, which operates in the Pacific Northwest, cannot discriminate against wind energy. Keep reading →
1. Significant smart meter growth in emerging markets in South America, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. $50 billion smart meter and smart grid opportunity by 2020. Leading countries include Brazil, Poland, and Singapore.
2. Prepayment service will become a major topic of discussion now that smart meters make it possible to implement at no extra cost; the hope is that this will help solve our national scandal of cutting off power to over 6 million poor households per year. This is over 1,000 times as many disconnections as the UK, which, at one-fifth the US population, has fewer than 5,000 disconnections per year. Keep reading →
