[SPN-Discussion] SPN Panel Discussion - Smart Grid Technology - Enabling the Economy, Protecting the Environment - October 20, 2009

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  Smart Grid Technology - Enabling the Economy, Protecting the Environment 

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Date: October 20, 2009   
 
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue:  New York University Law School, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington
Square South, Room 204 (between MacDougal and Sullivan Sts)
 
Moderator: Ashley C. Brown, Executive Director, Harvard Electricity Policy
Group, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University



Panelists:  Dr. Martin Fleming, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, IBM
Corp.; Katherine Hamilton, President, GridWise Alliance; David Gmach,
Director NYC Public Affairs, Con Edison.
 
Panel Description: 


 

According to the US DOE Office of Electrical Distribution, the US
electricity grid is "aging, inefficient, and congested, and incapable of
meeting the future energy needs of the Information Economy without
operational changes and substantial capital investment over the next several
decades."   
  
Leading states like California and Texas have been working towards
modernizing their electricity system, and to that end, the 2009 economic
stimulus bill earmarked $4 billion in its clean technology provisions. In
order to transform the electric power business, information technologies
must be deployed such as those that have transformed telecommunications,
another "network" industry.   
  
While the transformation process has begun, there exist technological
limitations and market barriers to complete integration. The panelists will
discuss the technological, political and economic changes that need to
happen for a complete modernization of the US electric system. 

 
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