FYI.
bill
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Dear
SGIP Member:
Today, the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with the National
Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), launches a public
forum to solicit views on
questions pertaining to the consumer interface to the nation’s evolving
“smart” electric power grid. Jump-started by a federal
investment of $10.5 billion under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act,
the Smart Grid will enable two-way flows of electricity and
information.
In the Smart Grid, consumers will be active participants in
the power system. They will have new tools for obtaining, using, and
managing energy. The
Executive Branch is considering ways
to ensure that the consumer interface to the Smart Grid achieves the
desired
goal of providing all consumers with the information they need to
control and
optimize their energy use.
Using
the blog format, OSTP
and NIST hope to generate constructive discussion on a number of
questions
related to the customer interface to the Smart Grid. Concluding on
March 12,
the forum will focus on three interface topics central to the consumer
participation in the Smart Grid. The forum was announced in a notice
that appeared in the Feb. 19 Federal
Register (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-3251.pdf).
George
Arnold, NIST's
national coordinator for Smart Grid interoperability, kicks off the
on-line conversation
with a piece on "Ensuring a Positive Customer Connection to the Smart
Grid."
Go
to the Office of
Science and Technology Policy Forum: Consumer Interface with the Smart
Grid (http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/OSTPConsumerInterfaceSmartGrid).
Best
Regards,
SGIP
Administrator Team
sgipgb.administrator@enernex.com