Iain Osborne, Chief Executive, NIE

The regulator-sponsored electricity provider NIE's has trialed smart meters to tell people when they are using energy.

Ecologic Analytics, a leading provider of meter data management systems (MDMS) for the Smart Grid, announced today Colorado Springs Utilities has selected the Ecologic MDMS to further enhance its local distribution network of more than 535,000 electric, gas and water endpoints for approximately 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Metering International’s first Smart Energy International event, taking place under the theme “Connecting our world of energy,” gets under way in San Jose, CA, today.

Peter Batchelor, Minister for Energy and Resources, Victoria

An independent economic review of Victoria’s smart meter rollout program has found that the benefits far outweigh the costs.

New Zealand energy company Genesis Energy has adopted Gentrack’s Time of Use (TOU) billing system, giving the utility one integrated system for billing all residential, small and medium enterprise (SME) and large commercial customers, the company has announced.

Sunil Sharan

The U.S. Congress has abandoned yet another climate bill. Gridlock in this august body looms large come November, dampening hopes of effective energy legislation in the foreseeable future. America is stuck. Yet deregulation, a concept all but renounced by the country a decade back in the wake of California's energy crisis, holds the potential to unlock the gates to climatic heaven.

Mike Smith

The world is preparing for the coming age of the electric vehicle (EV, which is used in this article to apply generically to all forms of electric vehicles). Major manufacturers are ramping up production with aggressive sales goals. Utilities and municipalities are laying the foundation for the new infrastructure. Governments at all levels are participating in the promotion of electric vehicles – and are putting massive tax funded dollars behind their support.