THE SMART GRID & Green Jobs now.Org

How we Plan to help

After my Intelligent Utility Webcast today with Energy Blogs now hosted by PJM Interconnection, with the topic of Smart Grid Impact on RTO/ISOs & Synchro Phasor I come away with a brand new outlook and a better understanding of the task at hand when it comes to building & measurement of the Smart Grid.

Some of the things discuss in this highly informative webcast are below, USA Green Jobs Now.Org plans on being an innovator for helping to staff these positions as this new technology comes online. We are positioning ourselves to be at the front of the Smart Grid.

Smarter Grid versus Simpler Meter-Reading

One of the first things I learned was the richness of information gathering and interactivity that these gentlemen expect to coax from the new grid infrastructure. While time, location, and power used are at the heart of a meter read, there is much more to be learned. Investment in the Smart Grid would have a maximum return when the savings were more than a human reader's footwear and gasoline.

Some examples are:

Device Health Information

By watching for varying temperature, periods since outage, battery power, heartbeat, and other meter variables, it is possible to better predict and recover from any failures that may happen.

Real Time Monitoring-Synchro Phasor

As has happened historically with most new technologies, it can be expected that people yearning for more data will only be satisfied by that which is most current. It is unlikely to happen in the general population immediately, but history shows us that it is likely that such a real time monitoring feed may be in demand almost immediately, as customers recognize that there is now more information through which they can better manage their energy.

Energy Services Choice

There are doubtless going to be additional requirements from the newly informed and empowered customer base for functionality that is logically delivered by the provider. This was a real eye opener for me that Power Providers are now actively thinking about services that they can offer over the new and smarter infrastructure. Things like profiled energy use: "I am going away, manage my power." or "There is a spike in prices, manage me down by 10%", or "I only want to use power that is generated from renewable resources." These all require data, new interfaces, and a channel over which all of the control and monitoring information can be passed. Winners in the new market will be finding ways to capitalize on the need for energy-related services, and will not limit their investment to further driving down the costs of simply providing energy.

Current Openings

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