In this episode Steve Rudd of Utility Partners of America (UPA) provides practical advice about the pros and cons of working with an installation contractor and lessons learned that will improve your installation project.

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SGW004 Pros and Cons of using an Installation Contractor with Steve Rudd of UPA

Key Points First to sign with DOE for a grant Maybe the only project to deploy both water and electric AMI simultaneously Needed a storage area network ( SAN) to hold all the data Needed to implement an enterprise service bus (ESB) to interface all of the software Implemented a meter data management system, head […]

SGW003 Lessons Learned from the Top, Glenn Steiger former GM Glendale Water and Power

Wind Energy in the Pacific Northwest Solar power Peak shaving Energy storage Utility scale battery Challenges of residential solar Super storm Sandy Smart Grid customer communication during a storm General Electric new wind blade technology Distributed generation Wind integration Smart Meters as a component in a larger system To communicate with Terry or Ruth use […]

SGW002 Renewable Energy Integration, Ruth Bennett

Q. Why did you write the book?   Originally it was my attempt to document what I learned as a Smart Grid Program Manager while it was fresh in my mind. When I outlined what I wanted to write, I found some holes in my knowledge which led me to a lot of reading and […]