• Embed Doc
  • Copy Link
  • Readcast
  • Collections
  • CommentGo Back
 
the
SMART GRID: 
an introduction.
Exploring the imperative o revitalizing
America’s electric inrastructure.
How a smarter grid works as an enabling engine
or our economy, our environment and our uture.
prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy by Litos Strategic Communication under contract No. DE-AC26-04NT41817, Subtask 560.01.04
the
SMART GRID: 
an introduction.
the
SMART GRID: 
an introduction.
 
DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account o work sponsored by an agency o the United States Government. Neither the United States Governmentnor any agency thereo, nor Litos Strategic Communication, nor any o their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility or the accuracy, completeness, or useulness o any inormation apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not inringe privately owned rights. Reerence herein to any speciic commercial product, process, or service by tradename, trademark, manuacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or avoring by theUnited States Government or any agency thereo, or Litos Strategic Communication. The views and opinions o authors expressed herein do notnecessarily state or relect those o the United States Government or any agency thereo.PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
 
From the Department o Energy
The Smart Grid Introduction is intended primarily toacquaint non-technical yet interested readers about:
•theexistenceof,andbenetsaccruingfrom,asmarterelectricalgrid•whattheapplicationofsuchintelligence
means or our country
•howDOEisinvolvedinhelpingtoaccelerate
its implementation.
PREFACE It Is A ColossAl tAsk. But It Is A tAsk thAt must BE donE.
TheDepartmentofEnergyhasbeenchargedwithorchestratingthewholesale
 modernization o our nation’s electrical grid. 
While it is running.Full-tilt.
HeadingthiseortistheOceofElectricityDeliveryandEnergyReliability.Inconcertwithitscuttingedgeresearchandenergypolicyprograms,theoce’snewlyformed,multi-agencySmartGridTaskForceisresponsibleforcoordinatingstandardsdevelopment,guidingresearchanddevelopmentprojects,andreconcilingtheagendas
o a wide range o stakeholders.Equally critical to the success o this eort is the education o all interested members
ofthepublicastothenature,challengesandopportunitiessurroundingtheSmart
Grid and its implementation.It is to this mission that The Smart Grid: An Introduction is dedicated.
of 00

Leave a Comment

You must be to leave a comment.
Submit
Characters: ...
You must be to leave a comment.
Submit
Characters: ...