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OUR MISSION
WHAT IS SMART GRID?
The term “Smart Grid” refers to a modernization of the electricity delivery system so it monitors, protects, and automatically optimizes the operation of its interconnected elements. The Smart Grid encompasses the optimization of central and distributed power generation, renewable energy sources, energy storage, the high-voltage transmission network, distribution systems, industrial users, building automation systems, energy storage installations, end-use consumers and their thermostats, electric vehicles, appliances, and other household devices.
The Smart Grid is characterized by a two-way flow of electricity and information to create an automated, widely distributed energy delivery network. It incorporates the benefits of distributed computing and communications to deliver real-time information and enable the near-instantaneous balance of electric supply and demand at the device level.
WHY SMART GRID?
Smart Grid programs will modernize electric utility technology and evolve the power delivery business models, which served the USA well through the 20th Century, to meet new 21st Century challenges. Like an energy internet, the Smart Grid will support economic growth and market-driven improvements in the electric utility market just as technology and new business models revolutionized the telecommunications marketplace in the 1980s and 1990s. The US Federal Government and many State governments support Smart Grid programs (e.g., the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), Title XIII – Smart Grid, Sec. 1301-1308). Smart Grid technology enables consumers to manage their energy use better and helps utilities better manage the assets that produce and deliver power. Smart Grids will result in cleaner, more efficient and more reliable electric power for consumers.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
• Reduced utility operational costs over time.
WHY GEORGIA AND WHY NOW?
Joshua Lewis, TAG, Liaison
Rusty Fish, GE, Liaison
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