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9/26/2011

Featured Articles » China's Smart to Want the Smart Grid » Graphene: Smart Grid Wonder Drug? » TMC Talks Smart Grid Technology with QualityLogic » UK Study Reveals Confusing Energy Landscape for Consumers   Sponsored By: IBM Read the brochure and see how IBM Informix TimeSeries database software can help you realize smarter meter benefits like reducing load times, decreasing storage capacity needs and improving performance. Learn more about this efficient, effective, scalable solution.   Top Stories » Bridge Energy Group Reportedly Gets Millions of Investment Dollars from Updata Partners » AT&T Teams With SmartSynch to Offer Smart Meters and Wireless Connectivity to Utilities » Details on UK Smart Meter Deployment are Still 'Sketchy' at Best » Trilliant Enables Utilities to Deliver End-to-End Communications Throughout The Grid   From The Expert Corner September 19, 2011 Turning the Smart Grid into a Buyer's Market By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media The Reality is we are All Connected Our need for energy is not a local issue, but rather one that is connected with the economy and its demand on a worldwide basis. The economics of energy have two trends that are making the drive to the smart grid imperative for utilities and their customers. The funny thing is that the impact of these trends on Wall Street and the utilities can be explained by Newton’s laws of motion: a body in motion stays in motion, while a body at rest stays at rest. Let’s first deal with the cyclical trend we saw during the 2009 recession. Classically, the energy markets on Wall Street have peaks and valleys that lag the decline in demand and lead the growth in demand. In some ways, this balances out because when demand grows it requires additional energy to get over the inertia. However, at a high level we can say that energy and GDP are connected... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with Viewbiquity    Featured Resources » Graduate from the Commodity Cloud » Emerging Standards in Ethernet Service Activation Testing: Don't Get Left Behind   TMCnet's Blogs » Liquid Robotics Challenges Global Scientific Community » Slowly, New York Subways get Cell Service   Featured Channels » Smarter Utility - ATT » Renewable Energy » Solar Power » Wind Power   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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