• Managing Communications Change

    Change is being forced upon the utilities industry. Business drivers range from stakeholder pressure for greater efficiency to the changing technologies involved ... Read Article

    Successful Smart Grid Architecture

    The smart grid is progressing well on several fronts. Groups such as the Grid Wise Alliance, events such as Grid Week, and ... Read Article

    Software-Based Intelligence: The Missing Link in the SmartGrid Vision

    Achieving the SmartGrid vision requires more than advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and advanced networking technologies. While ... Read Article

    Achieving Decentralized Coordination In the Electric Power Industry

    For the past century, the dominant business and regulatory paradigms in the electric power industry have been centralized economic and physical control. ... Read Article

    How Intelligent Is Your Grid?

    Many people in the utility industry see the intelligent grid — an electric transmission and distribution network that uses information technology to ... Read Article