Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

Plan

· Smart Grids have Arrived in India!

· What Smart Grids really mean

· Drivers for Smart Metering and Grids

· Future (or even Subtle) Drivers

· Driver: Variability in Demand (NY)

· Peak Load in ISO-NE Change Between 1980 and 2006

· Utilization of Generation and Distribution Assets (PG&E-California Utility)

· Marginal cost of electricity depends on the load

· European Position on Smart Grids

· Consensus on Common Goals; How does Europe Get There?

· Some (Global) Hard Policy and Design Qs

· Stakeholders, Innovation and Process

· Refrigerators (as a subset of HVAC)

· US Refrigerator Efficiency (by Year of Purchase)

· The Future will be Different

· Thinking of the Future…We need Smart Grids

· We’re in this for the long run…