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Germany mandates smart metering from 2025

Smart Energy International

The German government has adopted a draft law to restart the digitalisation of the energy transition and accelerate the rollout of smart metering. Smart meter data – new uses under investigation in GB Unlocking smart meter data for research. Have you read? And that is exactly what we are doing. “And Agile rollout.

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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

GreenTechMedia

Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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Powering ahead securely: Why EV charging stations need better protection

Smart Energy International

Jeff Hutchins, president and chief technology officer at EOS Linx, writes on the electric vehicle (EV) landscape and how its booming growth necessitates, now more than ever, a renewed focus on cybersecurity measures. Electric vehicles are the future. They’re not monitored by utility workers who are always on-premise.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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California and Florida solar markets have similar demands in different net-metering battles

Solar Power World

Utilities see rooftop solar as a threat to their business model, so they spend money and lobbying time convincing legislators to cut net metering. Solar advocates fight back, and the laws are either halted or passed, to either the joy or detriment of the solar industry.

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After Bold Promise, New Jersey’s Energy Storage Plan Remains a Mystery

GreenTechMedia

New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law.

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St. Louis Adopts Midwest?s First Building Performance Standard

GreenTechMedia

Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson recently signed a law establishing a mandatory Building Energy Performance Standard in the city, which is the second-largest in Missouri. Buildings are responsible for nearly 80 percent of St. Louis Building Division, told Greentech Media in an email. and Washington state.