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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

A communiqué signed by UK mayors and local leaders calls for a ‘power shift’ from Whitehall so that local and regional authorities can deliver Net Zero. Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices. Addressing energy market failure.

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Should California Link Electricity Bills to Customer Incomes?

GreenTechMedia

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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China’s Reform Commission sets out V2G planning recommendations

Smart Energy International

China’s state planner National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has released reform recommendations on how China, the largest EV market globally, can optimally integrate electric vehicles into power grid planning. in residential communities. The specific reform recommendations include: 1.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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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.