Expected Results and Benefits from Grid Modernization (Including SmartGrid and AMI)

Grid Modernization: Electric Infrastructure with SmartGrid and AMI Most electric customers and other stakeholders are keenly aware of the vast innovations, improvements, and cost reductions that have occurred in their telecommunications networks and they clearly recognize the benefits they have realized from them. In contrast, few customers and other stakeholders recognize the potential for...

Driving Forces behind Grid Modernization (Including Smart Grids and AMI)

There are numerous internal (i.e. to the utility, its customers, and the regulatory regime) and external (i.e. societal and technological) forces that have established a compelling need for grid modernization, and understanding these forces is central to understanding why modernization is a vital topic for each electric utility, its customers, and all its stakeholders. Forces Driving Grid...