Smart Grid Videos

Smart Grid as an Economic Engine

S&C Electric President John Estey, EPB CEO Harold DePriest, Assistant Secretary Patricia Hoffman of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Edd Wilson discuss Chattanooga's smarter grid, and what to look for next in the deployment of smart grids.

• Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:13
• Category: Smart Grid Jobs

Clean Energy Jobs in Demand in North Carolina

Panelists discuss different clean energy jobs in the highest demand in North Carolina.

• Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:08
• Category: Smart Grid Jobs

Addressing Cybersecurity Threats in the Smart Grid

Industry experts from the Edison Electric Institute - Chris Eisenbrey, director of business information, and Scott Aaronson, director of government affairs - offer insights on how the electric utility industry is meeting cybersecurity threats and highlight future challenges that must be addressed.

• Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:10
• Category: Education & Training

Lessons from the Real World - Science of Customer Engagement

Customer engagement is one of our industry's biggest and most critical challenges. This is particularly evident when it comes to encouraging customers to enroll in energy efficiency, demand response, and other programs that require behavior change. In this Smart Grid News Webinar, speakers from Tendril, Duke Energy and the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative discuss three key techniques for achieving changes in the way consumers think about and use.....more

• Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:48
• Category: Education & Training

What Exactly is a Smart Grid?

David Pacyna, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Siemens Energy, explains how a Smart Grid can help consumers save money, clean up the environment and create more jobs. A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology to save energy and cost.

• Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:24
• Category: Smart Grid 101

Electric Grid Modernization: How You Can Help Make a Smarter Grid

The National Academy of Engineering hailed the electric power grid as the 20th century's engineering innovation most beneficial to our civilization. A 21st century electric system is essential to America's ability to lead the world and create jobs in the clean-energy economy of the future. Specifically, California is embarking on an effort to further modernize its electric grid, often referred to as developing a Smart Grid, in order to support ma.....more

• Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:25
• Category: Smart Grid 101

Power Engineering: Careers that make technology work

IEEE PES, "Power Engineering: Careers that make technology work"

• Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:24
• Category: Career Advice

Meter Readers, Utilities Career Search

Career Search Meter Readers, Utilities Meter readers read electric, gas, water, or steam consumption meters and record the volume used. They serve both residential and commercial consumers. The basic duty of a meter reader is to walk or drive along a route and read customers consumption from a tracking device. Accuracy is the most important part of the job, as companies rely on readers to provide the information they need to bill their customers......more

• Thursday, 18 August 2011 20:08
• Category: Career Advice

Nissan and General Electric's smart grid

Nissan and General Electric share their vision of the smart grid of the future in this Automotive News video.

• Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:06
• Category: Company Profiles

EDF: Smart Grid Demonstration

The EDF PREMIO project, part of EPRI's smart grid demonstrations around the world, addresses congestion issues in the PACA region in the south of France. This project integrates renewable generation, storage and load shedding into a Virtual Power Plant that may be dispatched in response to storms, natural disaster, and local or regional demand issues.

• Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:04
• Category: Company Profiles