Smart Grid

APPA Position

APPA believes there is a role for the implementation of smart grid technologies as long as they are proven and cost-effective. We agree that the federal government should play the lead role in defining exactly what smart grid means so lawmakers, media, stakeholders, utilities and their customers all have a common understanding of the term. Many public power systems are already investing in communications systems to homes, distribution automation, advanced meters, customer-side devices and other demand response applications that might be labeled as "smart grid" technologies. However, we also agree that many components of the system have yet to be developed.

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Comments to the Administration, Congress, and Regulatory Bodies

APPA Submitted Comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Roadmap (07/30/2009)

APPA Filed Comments in FERC Docket PL09-4 on Smart Grid Proposed Policy Statement (05/11/2009)

APPA Filed Comments in the Department of Energy's Notice of Intent (NOI) to Issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Smart Grid Investment (DE-FOA-000058A) (05/06/2009)

APPA's comments on the NISTIR

Department of Energy
Implementing the National Broadband Plan by Empowering Consumers and the Smart Grid:

Data Access, Third Party Use, and Privacy

National Broadband Plan Request for Information: Communications Requirements

APPA Resources

Smart Grid Essentials – A Public Power Primer

APPA Webinar – Never Too Small for the Advantages of RF Mesh Network AMI

APPA Webinar – Get Smart – The Consumer Side of Smart Meters