In Boulder, Colo., a surge of electricity on the power grid can largely go unnoticed. The grid is monitored electronically, so that if there are any sudden rushes or fallen power lines, electricity is ...

There are many definitions and technologies under the smart grid banner. What's the goal and why all the attention? Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies ...

The idea of the smart grid has been around for decades, but today, new technologies and solutions are transforming the way that electricity is generated, transmitted, and distributed. The global smart ...

At a very young age, Massoud Amin, director of the Technological Leadership Institute, realized that electricity was vital to modern society. Growing up and traveling in Iran in the 1960s, he saw how ...

Sidebar to main article on non-smart-meter opportunities in the Smart Grid describes the larger Smart Grid picture. In the U.S., the Smart Grid is an industry-government project designed to meet ...

Our electric grid is old and fraying, but new technology could insulate us from the possibility of widespread blackouts and cyberattacks.

GE last week announced that it has launched a pilot program to implement smart grid technology that uses Clearwire’s WiMAX network to deliver data to both customers and utility companies. What ...

It was only a matter of time before the Tea Party turned on the Smart Grid. First there were lone citizens who tried to bar their local utilities from coming on their property to change their power ...

In February, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., revealed the outline of the Green New Deal, a long-awaited bill describing a policy platform to mitigate the ...