{"id":3213,"date":"2012-09-25T20:27:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:45:52","slug":"pecan-street-to-be-recognized-at-gridweek-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2012\/09\/25\/pecan-street-to-be-recognized-at-gridweek-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecan Street To Be Recognized At GridWeek 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Next week, thousands will descend on Washington DC for GridWeek<\/a>, the \u201conly international conference focused on smart grid.\u201d Now in its 6th<\/sup> year, GridWeek \u201cattracts the complete diversity of global electric-industry stakeholders to explore Smart Grid\u2019s impact on the economy, utility infrastructure, consumers and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theme for this year is centered on deriving value for all stakeholders from an increased complexity, as \u201cgrid-modernization and smart grid efforts provide the energy industry with more information, a broader system view, and more efficiency and control.\u201d Three key elements will be explored: stakeholder value, managing complexity and smart energy policy. EDF Economist Jamie Fine<\/a> will be speaking on the \u201cNew Revenue Streams for Utilities<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSmart Grid\u2019s Role in New Air Quality Requirements<\/a>\u201d panel discussions at GridWeek.<\/p>\n

At the center of all of these themes is Austin\u2019s own Pecan Street Inc.<\/a> (Pecan Street). Which is why it is no surprise that it is being recognized by the GridWeek Advisory Board<\/a> for \u201csignificant achievements in \u201cExtracting Smart Grid Value\u201d — for all stakeholders, including utilities, consumers and society at large.\u201d Also recognized are the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and Green Button<\/a>, a \u201cvoluntary effort and the result of a White House call to action: \u2018provide electricity customers with easy access to their energy usage data in a consumer-friendly and computer-friendly format via a “Green Button” on electric utilities’ website.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

GridWeek further states<\/a> that:<\/p>\n

This industry-wide recognition celebrates Pecan Street\u2019s ability to lead the industry in bringing together more than a dozen companies as part of its consortium to help validate a wide range of advanced smart grid technologies, smart grid business models, and customer behavior surrounding advanced energy management systems — with a real focus on customer benefit of smart grid and new energy technology. Pecan Street is a nonprofit research consortium headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n

The Pecan Street team provides a model for seamlessly tackling a complex Smart Grid challenge through its real-world consumer demonstration project in Austin\u2019s Mueller community. A collaboration among Austin Energy, University of Texas at Austin, Environmental Defense Fund, and more than a dozen companies, the team is working on a five-year timeline to test systems in hundreds of volunteer homes (currently 450) in and around the Mueller community that includes:<\/p>\n