Smart Grid and AMI – Change Management within the Utility

Successful implementation of a Smart Grid and AMI certainly depends on the proper integration of new technologies with existing electric system infrastructure, but it also depends on the human dynamics that are essential to effective change management. Awareness is a Critical Component AMI-Smart Meter Electric utilities should survey their employees understand their assumptions, knowledge,...

Smart Grid and AMI – Leading to Smart Appliances

As advanced metering installations are developing throughout the U.S., industry attention is now shifting to understanding and encouraging the actions and technologies necessary for customers to capture the promised benefits of Smart Grid and AMI. This customer focus will logically include the system’s ability to communicate with numerous household appliances. Like many of the challenges...

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...