Power Expert Explains How a Smart Grid Can Help Consumers Save Money, Clean Up the Environment and Create More Jobs President Obama has been talking about the need for a smart grid to help keep America sustainable and competitive and in fact, the current proposed economic stimulus package includes billion for renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart grid projects. What exactly does that all mean and how will it affect your area? A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology to save energy and cost. Our current grid resembles a huge network of electrical roads and highways – some are high speed, with electrical traffic covering far distances and others covering shorter distances moving at a slower pace. For this grid to work efficiently, electrical traffic needs to be kept at a steady, consistent pace throughout the grid. Too much “traffic” at one particular time can cause jams or bottlenecks in the system. Because today’s power needs have changed so much –and power production is growing at a much faster rate than our grid capacity, it is imperative to have good “checks and balances” put in throughout the system to make sure that we can monitor and increase/decrease power to different parts of the grid when necessary to maintain a smooth, consistent flow. Utilizing smart meters and smart appliances together with a smart grid, will give consumers control over their own power consumption and electricity costs. All this will help our nation save money, protect our power sources from blackout, create jobs and deliver clean, alternative forms of energy to every corner of America. Produced for Siemens
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March 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Big Brother is going to tell you when you can use power and if you don’t comply they can cut you off.
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 am
Notice how he slowly begins to call the smartgrid as if it were a proper noun by removing the article “the” from “the smartgrid?” ie “Smartgrid is good for jobs…”
It reminds me HAL in n”2001: A Space Odyssey” BIG BROTHER nears.
May 14th, 2009 at 7:53 am
it’s not how you “can” conserve … it’s how you WILL conserve !
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
WoW that’s great
only 20 years late
October 28th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I hope smart grids include decentralized production, otherwise we’ll never get rid of those butt ugly transmission lines blighting the land.
December 11th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Nice video. Helps us understand the Smart Grid better…The ’smart’ system brings about reliability and efficiency in the energy distribution network. It brings about energy-efficiency right from production to consumption. Pacific Crest Transformers has whitepapers related to transformers and the smart grid. Check the website…