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Toronto Hydro is installing smart transformers and equipment. Among the benefits are real-time reports on performance which allow action to be taken immediately, tracking illegal power use, and isolating problems to a single household rather than shutting down power for…

Instead, what we have are confusing, sometimes obstructionist regulations, utilities still wed to outmoded ways of doing things and, I think, no killer app – no compelling reason for consumers to demand it. Yet.

ComEd of Chicago explains. If Smart Grid technology had been in place, here’s how it would have minimized the impact of the storm: ComEd would have known customers were out of power without them having to call us. Technology would…

The average big electric utility is a sprawling network that is buzzing with energy but contains surprisingly little data about that energy. Managers at utilities can’t “see” very deep into the thousands of substations and relay units that make up…