As part of the Recovery Act, the Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) stipulated that over 200,000 smart transformers, 850 sensors and 700 automated substations be added to the existing grid.

There are many definitions and technologies under the smart grid banner. What's the goal and why all the attention?

A primer for the 68 percent of consumers who have no idea what a smart grid is.

The term "smart grid" describes an electrical grid that's integrated with a computerized, two-way communication network. Older electrical grids send electrical power one direction, from a power ...

What makes a grid ‘smart’? Researchers and engineers in American cities have begun the work of transforming their traditional utility grids into self-monitoring, demand-responsive digital networks.

Congress looks at what “smart grid” means and comes up with mixed definitions. The one thing everyone agrees on: The smart grid is going to be expensive.

A new generation of resources, technologies and devices are being deployed to build what’s called the smart grid. More than just a new super transmission system, the smart grid will transform ...

Sidebar to main article on non-smart-meter opportunities in the Smart Grid describes the larger Smart Grid picture.

The biggest network upgrade in the United States today is Smart Grid, a multibillion dollar modernization of the electricity grid that involves supporting real-time, two-way digital communications ...

You're a proponent of creating a "Self-Healing Smart Grid." What is that? A smart grid is one that has real-time monitoring and reaction, which allows the system to constantly modify and tune ...

We've all heard about smart appliances, but what are and when will they be here. Well, the smart grid infrastructure to be built and deployed first.