First month on Smart Grid shows 20% cut in power consumption

From a story on the New York Times' Green Inc. blog, a report that the city of Fayetteville, N.C., cut its electric power consumption by 20 percent over the first month of a Smart Grid pilot project. The pilot, run by technology companies Consert and ...
Sept. 26, 2009

From a story on the New York Times' Green Inc. blog, a report that the city of Fayetteville, N.C., cut its electric power consumption by 20 percent over the first month of a Smart Grid pilot project. The pilot, run by technology companies Consert and IBM, installed energy management systems 100 homes and businesses that are customers of Fayetteville Public Works.

Green Inc. story

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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.