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A presentation project on Smart Grid -an intelligent electricity delivery system for Information System course
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SMART GRID
Group 26:
Trang Trieu
Grace Truong
Nicki Tran
Lisa Trinh
WHAT IS SMART GRID?
An intelligent electricity- delivery system: energy suppliers and consumers: interconnect through a
network
Smart meters: are installed at homes and business monitor energy consumption transmit that information back to energy providers
Energy providers : track energy consumption automatically throttle down energy consumption on a granular
level when demand gets too high.
WHO ARE USING SMART GRID?
Individual consumers
Corporate participation
Government regulators
HOW SMART GRID IS USED?
Foster communication between the energy company and the end consumer
Electricity is sent from:
Allows energy companies to track areas of high use, identify possible outages, and provide the proper service.
ADVANTAGES OF SMART GRID
Reduces the cost of blackouts $$$
Helps measure and reduce energy consumption and costs
Helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint
Opens up new opportunities for tech companies meaning more jobs created!!!
DISADVANTAGES OF SMART GRID
Biggest concern: security and privacySmart Grid: use
automated meters, two-way communications: between a power consumer
and provider and advanced sensors
Some types of meters can be hackedHacker:
gain control of thousands, even millions, of meters increase or decrease the demand for power
DISADVANTAGES (cont.)
Not simply a single component
Various technology components: software, the power generators, system integrators,
etc.
Expensive for consumer: $60 per month
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Fastest growing business in the Green-Tech market
Was included in Obama’s stimulus bill
U.S. Congress “act without delay”
Very few companies invest and utilize: Austin Energy (Texas) and Pacific Gas & Electric (California)
SMART GRID FUTURE
In the near future, will not be any vast development
Risky because of financial demands and regulations
In the long-run, attitudes will change, wide spread usage of the smart grid from every business to every home just like the Internet