Consumer Awareness Programs offered by State Private Sector and Non-profit Organizations
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Alliant Energy, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website maintained by Alliant Energy, offers news items related to smart grid, advantages of smart grid technologies, and frequently asked questions about smart grid installations in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. |
| URL: http://alliantenergy.com/UtilityServices/CustomerS... |
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Austin Energy, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained by Austin Energy, Texas, as part of its commercial website to its customers to provide education on Austin energy's smart grid and Pecan street project. The site also contains links to smart grid pod casts. |
| URL: http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/enviro... |
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Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, under an initiative by the name Sustainable Grid™, a concept of developing and expanding power delivery technologies to empower energy consumers with maximum control over energy use in homes or businesses. This site provides updates on the smart grid activities of the utility in the state of Texas. |
| URL: http://twitter.com/sustainablegrid |
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Bonneville Power Administration, Smart Grid Information Page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by the Bonneville Power Administration and hosts information on the utility's smart grid project - the GridWise Demonstration project in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), presentations, and links to resources from other websites which host smart grid information. |
| URL: http://www.bpa.gov/energy/n/smart_grid/index.cfm |
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CenterPoint Energy, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website maintained by CenterPoint Energy as part of its commercial website hosts smart grid related resources such as Consumer, environmental and economic benefits of smart grid, videos on smart grid technologies, smart grid reports and deployment activities in the state of Texas undertaken by the utility. |
| URL: http://www.centerpointenergy.com/services/electric... |
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Citizens Utility Board - Illinois, Smart Grid Page |
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| Program Description: Citizens Utility Board, CUB, whose main goals are directed toward promoting tougher consumer protection laws in the state legislature, where rules governing the utilities are written, also publishes consumer education material relating to smart grid awareness among residents of Illinois. |
| URL: http://www.citizensutilityboard.org/ciLiveWire_IEP... |
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ComEd, Smart Meter Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site maintained by the Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) as part of its commercial website for consumers, contains information on smart meter projects and activities undertaken by the utility, smart grid tools used in the implementation, educational videos and articles related to smart grid. The website also contains answers for frequently asked questions which serve to create awareness among its consumers. |
| URL: https://www.comed.com/technology/smart-meters/Page... |
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ConEd, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained by the Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) of New York as part of its commercial website to provide information on Smart meter deployments in the state, smart grid related press releases and FAQ. This page contains a movie on the smart grid initiative by ConEd called the 'Get Smart Grid Smart', which presents a complete picture of the company's smart grid activities. |
| URL: http://www.coned.com/publicissues/smartgrid.asp |
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ConnSmart, Smart Grid Resource page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by ConnSMART, an initiative by Connecticut’s municipally-owned electric utilities which was chosen by the DOE in October 2009 to participate in the SGIG program. This program is mainly oriented towards the following: Communicate information and education to the customer; Collaborate and share with other Connecticut municipal utilities; Maintain a single point of contact for customer questions and service; Assure that each utility has full control of its own data; Share ongoing lessons learned among participants and with the DOE, customers, and the public |
| URL: https://www.connsmart.org/ |
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Dominion Virginia Power, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by Dominion Virginia Power which has hosted this informative page on its consumer web portal to provide for facts and details on the smart grid project in Charlottesville, Virginia, smart meter benefits and deployment activities. The site also provides energy saving tips to the consumers. |
| URL: http://www.dom.com/about/conservation/about-smartm... |
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Duke Energy - Kentucky, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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Grid Smart Ohio, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: Grid Smart Ohio is an initiative of American Electric Power serving in Ohio to create awareness among its customers about the smart metering and plug in electric vehicle initiatives which are part of the smart grid activities in the state. |
| URL: http://www.gridsmartohio.com/ |
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Idaho Power Company, Smart grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by the Idaho Power Company which provides the consumers with the utility's smart grid project related information, news updates and fact sheets, company's smart meters and links to smart grid resource websites. |
| URL: http://www.idahopower.com/AboutUs/CompanyInformati... |
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Illinois Smart Grid Initiative, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by the Illinois Smart Grid Initiative (ISGI), a public-private working group that was formed in 2008 to engage residents of Illinois in examining the nature and potential benefits of a modernized electric grid, and to map a policy path for achieving those benefits for consumers and the economy. This website hosted by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, contains useful information on smart grid that is intended to create awareness among Illinoisans. |
| URL: http://www.ilsmartgrid.org/ |
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Illinois Statewide Smart Grid Collaborative, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site is maintained by the Illinois Statewide Smart Grid Collaborative, a collaboration to develop a strategic plan for smart grid deployment in Illinois. This site contains resources on smart grid policies, case studies, fact sheets and consumer advocates information. |
| URL: http://www.ilgridplan.org/ |
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Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained by the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, which hosts useful information on smart grid and its benefits to consumers and utilities, applications of smart grid, demand response and resource links for the public. |
| URL: http://www.iamu.org/en/services/energy_efficiency/... |
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Kansas City Power & Light Company, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site maintained by Kansas City Power & Light Company contains documents on smart grid and energy efficiency as part of its Public Policy Center, with an intention to help its customers to better understand the company's perspective on many of today’s most important energy issues. |
| URL: http://www.kcplsmartgrid.com/ |
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Modesto Irrigation District, Smart Meter Information Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained and hosted by the Modesto Irrigation District, California, and provides the district's consumers with news, videos, frequently asked questions and fast facts on the smart meter upgrade project being implemented in the district |
| URL: http://www.mid.org/about/newsroom/projects/meterpr... |
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Norwich Public Utilities Department, Smart Grid Resource Page |
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| Program Description: This site maintained by the Norwich Public Utilities Department, one of several Connecticut municipally-owned electric utilities that have been chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in a Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) program, holds useful information on smart grid, ConnSMART, Recovery Act and smart grid project activities undertaken by the utility in the state of Connecticut. |
| URL: http://norwichpublicutilities.com |
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NSTAR Smart Grid Information Page |
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| Program Description: This website is maintained by the NSTAR corporation in Massachusetts to engage its customers in the smart grid pilot program conducted by the utility in the state. The page is part of the company's commercial website containing links to FAQ, smart grid pilot enrollment and energy efficiency programs. |
| URL: http://www.nstar.com/residential/smart_energy/defa... |
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