Session Overview
Introduction to US Smart Grid Initiatives
Track: Smart Grid Workshop
Tuesday 3-October-2006
9:00 - 12:00
Experts from GridWise initiatives in the US will provide a detailed description of the US smart grid initiative.
Ron Ambrosio
Global Research Leader, Energy & Utilities Industry
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Presenter
Presentation (pdf)
Rob Pratt
GridWise Champion
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Presenter
Presentation (pdf)
GridWise is a common vision for the future of the power grid, shared by a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program initiative and an industry alliance. It holds that information technology will profoundly transform the planning and operation of the power grid from central generation down to customer appliances and equipment. The grid’s transformation into a collaborative network filled with information and a myriad of market-based opportunities will enable distributed, real-time markets and control to integrate the traditional elements of supply and demand, transmission and distribution with new technologies such as distributed generation, and customer load management. This presentation provides an overview of GridWise, including examples of technology, benefits, a discussion of the GridWise Alliance and the DOE program.
Eric Lightner
Director, Federal Smart Grid Task Force
Department of Energy
Presenter
Presentation (pdf)
