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		<title>It’s About Time: Glendale Gets First DOE Smart Grid Stimulus Contract</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/13/it%e2%80%99s-about-time-glendale-gets-first-doe-smart-grid-stimulus-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utilities, tech vendors and trade groups like the Grid Wise Alliance have openly been complaining that it’s taking too long for the billions of dollars in smart grid grants, which the Department of Energy promised back in October, to reach the projects, and ultimately create jobs. Well, it looks like the dam has been broken, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor, environment groups push ‘green’ broadband | Reuters</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/13/labor-environment-groups-push-green-broadband-reuters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor and environmental groups joined with the U.S. government on Thursday to promote high speed Internet access and related technologies to create green jobs and help lift the United States out of recession.
&#8220;In the same way that building the interstate freeway system brought the United States out of the post-World War Two recession &#8230; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Grid Integration A Daunting Task As Green Energy Comes Online – Network Computing</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/13/smart-grid-integration-a-daunting-task-as-green-energy-comes-online-network-computing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As alternative green energy sources come online, power plants and energy distribution substations find their networks challenged by smart grid demands that call for rapid changes between traditional and alternative energy sources. System and network integration on a smart grid that manages hybrid energy sources is on technology road maps for virtually every utility company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WiMax/Smart Grid Partnership | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/the-wimaxsmart-grid-partnership-blogs-itbusinessedge-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The general feeling is that when the dust settles, Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be ahead of WiMax in the overall 4G bakeoff. Many observers suggest that WiMax could end up as a niche technology, while LTE, which is the favored approach of Verizon Wireless and AT&#38;T, dominates.
If this is so, WiMax is making strides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FPL CEO: We Haven’t Seen A Dime of the Smart Grid Stimulus</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/fpl-ceo-we-haven%e2%80%99t-seen-a-dime-of-the-smart-grid-stimulus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the endless issues with the smart grid stimulus funds — the close to $4 billion in federal grants to over 130 smart grid projects. With that level of funding there were bound to be some hurdles. Here’s another: speed. On Thursday morning at the Wall Street Journal’s Eco:nomics conference, the CEO of Florida power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Smart Grid Market Share, Google Launches PowerMeter API – Environmental Leader</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/seeking-smart-grid-market-share-google-launches-powermeter-api-environmental-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to encourage integration of its technology by home developers and manufacturers of a range of electrical devices, Google has released a new PowerMeter API.
The code, which is available here, is intended for manufacturers of electrical devices, from refrigerators and washing machines to other appliances, that have built-in energy monitoring technology. It also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embedded.com – Getting basic utility meter designs ready for the Smart Grid</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/embedded-com-getting-basic-utility-meter-designs-ready-for-the-smart-grid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/?p=6584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why so much of a buzz over the basic electric power utility meter by hardware and software companies in the electronics industry? The answer lies in what drives the business: money.
Companies around the world are sensing huge business opportunities in power grid design because of two things. First, utilities in US and Europe are embarking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Itron Benefits From First Smart Grid Grant | nwinnovation.com</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/itron-benefits-from-first-smart-grid-grant-nwinnovation-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, a maker of smart utility meters, appears to be a major beneficiary of the first, smart grid grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. According to the City of Glendale, California&#8217;s utility, Glendale Water &#38; Power, it was granted a $20M Smart Grid Investment Grant under the American Recovery and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Technology -The Wireless Home of the Future – The Third Home Wireless Network – Smart and Green</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/green-technology-the-wireless-home-of-the-future-the-third-home-wireless-network-smart-and-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years &#8212; decades even &#8212; we have been waiting for the automated &#8220;smart&#8221; house &#8212; a house that is as technically advanced as our automobiles. For decades, we have been able to remotely lock and unlock our car doors, raise and lower our car windows, adjust temperatures for different parts of the car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security Pros Question Deployment of Smart Meters | Threat Level | Wired.com</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/security-pros-question-deployment-of-smart-meters-threat-level-wired-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country’s swift deployment of smart-grid technology has security professionals concerned that utilities and smart-meter vendors are repeating the mistakes made in the rollout of the public internet, when security became a priority only after malicious attacks had reached mass levels.
But when it comes to the power grid, the costs of remote hack attacks are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Developers to Go Nuts on Energy Efficiency – Google Releases API for PowerMeter : TreeHugger</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/time-for-developers-to-go-nuts-on-energy-efficiency-google-releases-api-for-powermeter-treehugger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google&#8217;s PowerMeter tool is taking a bite out of the slow progress we&#38;apos;re making toward a smart grid by jumping over utilities that move at the speed-of-molasses and putting energy data in front of users right away, including creating an easy-to-use energy monitoring platform and partnering with home power monitor companies like The Energy Detective. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arcadian Networks launches smart grid gateway</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/arcadian-networks-launches-smart-grid-gateway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arcadian Networks, a developer of wireless broadband communications systems for the energy industry, announced the availability of its new smart grid gateway on March 3.  The AE20r is a second generation router/gateway that incorporates a variety of technologies with many helpful applications and smart devices.
Real time, bi-directional communications are the building blocks for all smart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Grid Appliance Market May Reach $15B by 2015 ·  	Environmental Leader  	· Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/smart-grid-appliance-market-may-reach-15b-by-2015-%c2%b7-environmental-leader-%c2%b7-green-business-sustainable-business-and-green-strategy-news-for-corporate-sustainability-executives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global household smart appliance market is projected to grow from $3.06 billion in 2011 to $15.12 billion in 2015, according to the new “Smart Appliance Report” from Zpryme.
Looking at the top product types projected for smart grid interoperability, in 2015 the global market size for smart washers and smart refrigerators, respectively, will reach $3.54 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan signs smart-grid accords with New Mexico – New Mexico Business Weekly:</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/japan-signs-smart-grid-accords-with-new-mexico-new-mexico-business-weekly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese government expects to invest $30 million over four years in smart grid research and demonstration projects in New Mexico.
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization signed five agreements on Friday in Los Alamos with state officials and representatives from the two national laboratories, Los Alamos County, the Public Service Co. of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Gets Ready for Smart Electricity Grid Technology – Southern Maryland Headline News</title>
		<link>http://smartgrid.testing-blog.com/2010/03/12/maryland-gets-ready-for-smart-electricity-grid-technology-southern-maryland-headline-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you left town for a weekend vacation, accidentally leaving the air conditioning set on high. No sweat &#8212; you can adjust it with an application on your iPhone.
Or imagine getting to work and realizing you forgot to run the dishwasher. No problem, because another application can start your appliances remotely.
These scenarios may sound far [...]]]></description>
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