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Summary Summary text: ‘Smart grid-ready’ appliances could soon moderate their energy use based on availability. ‘Smart grid-ready’ appliances could soon moderate their energy use based on availability. You may look for the sun before hanging your sheets out to dry, but few of us have an eye on the weather when we turn the washer on. But what if it knew to power up just as the wind picks up, and when overall demand for electricity is low? This is the vision for Samsung’s new WiFi-enabled washer, which won a 2012 Eco-Design award at the consumer electronics tradeshow CES in Las Vegas.
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Imagine a home in which every appliance — computer, television, washing machine, refrigerator, air conditioner — can carry on a minute-by-minute “conversation” with the local power grid, allowing the devices to power down when the p... Read Post

Smart appliances are becoming a substantial component of the residential demand response capabilities of the smart grid. Next generation of home appliances now have the ability to receive, interpret, and act on a signal received fro... Read Post

Roberta F. Mann (Oregon), Smart Incentives for the Smart Grid, 43 N.M. L. Rev. 127 (2013): Clean, renewable energy from the sun and wind — the green revolution is supposed to change the world. Since 2005, the United States has incre... Read Post