A battle is brewing in Texas over a power company’s $5.2 billion plan to install batteries in its network of power lines to help it manage its supply and demand more efficiently. The fight also reflects how new technology is disrupting the power generation and delivery business across the country.
In a wave of bad news for smart meters this summer, finally some good news: A Texas Civil District Court judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against Oncor that accused the utility’s new smart meters of overcharging customers.
Allan Schurr, Vice President of Strategy and Development for Energy & Utilities at IBM, has his finger on the pulse of IBM’s efforts to tie together the various chaos of systems that will make up the smart grid.
The fisticuffs over smart meters in Dallas, Tex. has morphed into a good ol’ American lawsuit. The Dallas Morning News has been covering the story and reports that a couple filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing Texas utility Oncor of fraud.
German utility Yello Strom (which we declared the world’s coolest utility last week) isn’t the only forward-thinking electricity provider to embrace the…
Utilities might be well-versed in the workings of the traditional electrical infrastructure, ratepayers organizations and local power regulations, but when it comes…