Smart Grid
Modernizing Electric Power Transmission and Distribution; Energy Independence, Storage and Security; Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA); Improving Electrical Grid Efficiency, Communication, Reliability, and Resiliency; Integrating New and Renewable Energy Sources
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Additional Resources
Electrical Grid 101: All you need to know
Ch. 27 Other Resources
Added after publication:
- “Microgrid Keeps the Power Local, Cheap, and Reliable,” by Kevin Bullis, Technology Review, July 24, 2012
- "Project Grey Goose Report on Critical Infrastructure: Attacks, Actors, and Emerging Threats," by GreyLogic, January 21, 2010 (21-page PDF
). "This Project Grey Goose investigation answers the question of whether there have been any successful hacker attacks against the power grid, both domestically and internationally."
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, P.L. 110-140, Dec. 19, 2007
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ140.pdf (311-page PDF)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Smartgrid
https://www.nist.gov/engineering-laboratory/smart-grid - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
http://www.ferc.gov - U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov - National Council on Electricity Policy
http://electricitypolicy.org/ - Grid Modernization and the Smart Grid, DoE
https://energy.gov/oe/activities/technology-development/grid-modernization-and-smart-grid - SmartGridToday.com
http://www.smartgridtoday.com - Collaborative Energy–the Smart Grid and the End Node
http://www.newdaedalus.com - Environmental & Energy Study Institute
http://www.eesi.org - Smart Grid Working Groups, IEEE Standards
https://standards.ieee.org/develop/wg/smart_grid.html - Challenge: Clean Energy – Energy Future Coalition
http://energyfuturecoalition.org/resource/?res=clean-energy - Edison Electric Institute
http://www.eei.org - San Diego Smart Grid Study (2006) (13-page PDF
)
https://www.sandiego.edu/law/documents/centers/epic/061017_SDSGStudyES_FINAL.pdf - Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI Intelligrid
http://smartgrid.epri.com/IntelliGrid.aspx - Gridwise at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
https://eioc.pnnl.gov/research/gridwise.stm - U.S. Department of Energy Federal Smart Grid Task Force, DoE
https://energy.gov/oe/activities/technology-development/grid-modernization-and-smart-grid/federal-smart-grid-task-force - Grid Modernization and the Smart Grid, DoE
https://energy.gov/oe/activities/technology-development/grid-modernization-and-smart-grid - GRIDWISE Alliance
http://www.gridwise.org - Galvin Electricity Initiative
http://www.galvinpower.org - The Galvin Electricity Initiative: The Elements of the Perfect Power System, October 15, 2007
http://www.galvinpower.org/media/media-room/fact-sheets/elements-perfect-power-system
What Is the Smart Grid?

Perfect Power: How the Microgrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, More Abundant Energy

The Green Guide to Power: Thinking Outside the Grid

The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World

The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

Living on the Grid
Understanding Today’s Electricity Business
Smart Power Anniversary Edition: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities
Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional
The Economics of Electricity Markets
Energy and Power Risk Management: New Developments in Modeling, Pricing, and Hedging
Energy Trading and Risk Management: A Practical Approach to Hedging, Trading and Portfolio Diversification
Electric Power Generation: A Nontechnical Guide
Electric Power Distribution Handbook
Understanding Electric Utilities and De-Regulation
Power System Economics: Designing Markets for Electricity
Making Competition Work in Electricity
Market Operations in Electric Power Systems: Forecasting, Scheduling, and Risk Management
The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition – Five Volume Set
America’s Electric Utilities: Past, Present And Future
Electric Power Systems: A Conceptual Introduction
Electric Power Planning for Regulated and Deregulated Markets
Economic Evaluation of Projects in the Electricity Supply Industry
Electricity Economics: Regulation and Deregulation
Fundamentals of Power System Economics
Distributed Generation: A Nontechnical Guide
Power Industry Dictionary
Electrical Power System Essentials
Electric Power Substations Engineering
Power System Engineering: Planning, Design, and Operation of Power Systems and Equipment
Power System Operation
Power System Stability and Control
Power Generation Handbook
Modeling and Forecasting Electricity Loads and Prices: A Statistical Approach
Electric Power Distribution Engineering
Electricity Demystified
Basic Electricity
Understanding Today’s Electricity Business
Power Distribution Planning Reference Book
Guide to Electrical Power Distribution Systems
Understanding Electric Power Systems: An Overview of the Technology, the Marketplace, and Government Regulations
How Vulnerable Is The U.S. Power Grid To A Terrorist Attack?
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