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	Microsoft Retreat 08/28/2012 at 09:53 AM \| Martin Rosenberg - From the Editor's Desk Blog Microsoft recently ended its bid to create a new huge business managing consumer energy use. When the effort was launched, many utility leaders...

	A roadmap for consumer-centric focus to the smart grid 09/10/2011 at 07:53 AM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog Not long ago, I read an intriguing e-book about utilities and consumers and their new relationship within the intelligent utility. The Smart Grid C...

	Consumer education needs to move far beyond the meter 08/06/2011 at 09:53 AM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog I was beyond exasperation when, at a neighborhood get-together last night, a chemical engineer with decades of experience announced authoritatively...

	Smart Grid 101: Critical consumer communication issues 07/29/2011 at 02:37 PM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog A few months ago, I attended a community meeting about alternative energy options open to us as individual homeowners and energy consume...

	Smart grid's not-so-good week 06/24/2010 at 08:35 AM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog Smart metering took a one-two punch this week, one blow on each side of the country. First, Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) was told by th...

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	Where can I charge my EV? The apps that make it easier Sandy Tung \| 05/23/2013 at 09:26 AM
	Cyber politics – implications for critical infrastructure Raj Samani \| 05/13/2013 at 09:11 AM Although specific cyber security requirements already exist for certain critical infrastructure providers, changes—and possible penalties for...

	A Primer on Unobservable Attacks and Defense Kate Davis \| 04/29/2013 at 09:30 AM I'm often asked: How can you defend systems against cyber attacks you can't see? This is a good question with a seemingly straightforward a...

	M2M: Smartening Up The Grid Jessica Kennedy \| 04/24/2013 at 01:47 PM Machine to Machine (M2M) technology is what makes the “Smart Grid” smart. We often hear about the many benefits of smart grid technolog...

	Getting Smart about Smart Grids Part III: The IT/OT Culture Clash Lynda McGhie \| 04/17/2013 at 01:06 AM The implementation and integration of new smart grid technologies continues to challenge the disparate traditional approaches of energy operations ...

	ENISA minimum cyber security measures for smart grids Alan Rose \| 04/07/2013 at 11:50 PM When searching for new ideas, strategies, best practices for grid modernization, there is much to be learned across borders. We’re very pleas...

	Getting Smart about Smart Grids Part II: Security and Regulatory Compliance Lynda McGhie \| 03/20/2013 at 11:13 PM The unpredictable nature of cyber threats against the grid makes IT security a challenging task. Creating and enforcing industry regulation so comp...

	Self Healing Smart Grids When Will they be built? Alok Misra \| 03/15/2013 at 10:10 AM Thnk of it as an Intelligent operator.In Power systems Operators isolate the faulty section and restore the power to good section via other feasibi...

	The reason network management systems are growing in the transmission domain Galen Rasche \| 03/10/2013 at 01:54 PM Power systems operations are increasingly reliant upon information infrastructures, including communication networks, intelligent electronic device...

	Getting Smart about Smart Grids Part I: Why This Is Such Hard Work Lynda McGhie \| 03/05/2013 at 04:59 PM The need to secure and protect our nation’s critical infrastructure has been acknowledged for decades. Yet despite this high-level atte...

	Expectations of a Utility Outage Website Eric Charette, P.E. \| 03/01/2013 at 08:50 AM Recently I gave a presentation on how smart meters can augment the outage management process through last gasp notification. For utilities th...

	A utility perspective on the smart grid Charles Dickerson \| 02/27/2013 at 10:15 AM The smart grid is enabling dramatic changes in how utilities interact with their customers. At Pepco Holdings, Inc., we are exploring the many poss...

	DistribuTECH 2013 Review Eric Charette, P.E. \| 02/19/2013 at 09:37 AM A few weeks after the conference, I finally have a few minutes to reflect back on DistribuTECH 2013. This year the conference was ...

	Weekly Q & A: Are Smart Meters as Controversial as Some May Think? Sarah Battaglia \| 02/14/2013 at 12:28 PM Every week, I meet with Jim Korczykowski, President and CEO of Energy Curtailment Specialists, to discuss current topics and trends in the energy i...

	Protecting Cyber-Physical Applications Kate Davis \| 02/12/2013 at 11:00 PM A key challenge in the power industry today is the integration of data and information systems. Yet to best take advantage new resources and techno...

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