About Smart Grid
U.S. Department of Energy. "The Smart Grid: An Introduction."
EPRI. "Electricity Technology and Roadmap: 2003 Summary and Synthesis."
Energy Independence & Renewables
Energy Information Administration. "Net Generation By Energy Source By Type of Producer."
Data for 2007. 21 January 2009.
Energy Information Administration. "Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics".
Data for 2006. August 2007.
Energy Information Administration. "How dependent are we on foreign oil?"
23 April 2009.
Energy Information Administration. “Net Generation by Energy Source by Type of Producer.”
Data for 2007. 21 January 2009.
Energy Information Administration. “Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics.”
Data for 2006. August 2007.
Global Renewable Energy Forum Bulletin, Published by International Institute for Sustainable Development; Vol. 128 No. 2.
May 24, 2008.
Natural Resources Defense Council. “Safe, Strong and Secure: Reducing America’s Oil Dependence.”
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Energy Trends and Their Implications for U.S. Army Installations. Washington: Government Printing Office.
(ERDC/CERL TR-05-21). 2005.
U.S. Climate Action Partnership Call For Action
Vic Abate’s Testimony March 6, 2008 Before The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
The Environment
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. "The 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard." Table 11. Utility Financial Incentives.
October 2008.
Environmental Protection Agency. Climate Change - Greenhouse Gas Emissions. "Human-Related Sources and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide."
Energy Information Administration. “Electric Power Industry 2007: Year in Review.” Figure ES 1: U.S. Electric Power Industry Net Generation, 2007.
21 January 2009.
Green Job Creation
CNNmoney.com. "Unemployment hits 25-year high."
March 2009.
KEMA, "The US Smart Grid revolution: KEMA's perspective for job creation."
23 December 2008.
The White House Blog. "The Case for Green Jobs."
February 2009.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Employment Situation Summary: March 2009.”
3 April 2009.
Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Cars
EPRI, "Advanced Infrastructure for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles."
EPRI. "Plug-in Hyrbids on the Horizon: Building a Business Case."
Spring 2008.
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, "Impacts Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles on Electric Utilities and regional U.S. power grids."
PBS Nova. Car of the Future. "Chapter 5: Plugging In."
Policy & Regulation
California Public Utility Commission. "California's Decoupling Policy."
CNET news. "Lack of Standards Could Stymie Smart Grid."
March 2009.
FERC, Electric Market Overview: Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) and Goals.
The White House Blog. "From Peril To Progress." President Barack Obama.
January 26, 2009.
Reuters UK. "US Smart Grid Draft Standards Available by Summer."
March 2009.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Current Legislation. “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.”
18 February 2009.
Power Reliability & Outages
EPRI/CIRED. "The Cost of POWER Disturbances to Industrial and Digital economy Companies."
June 2001.
EPRI. "Electricity Technology and Roadmap: 2003 Summary and Synthesis."
HowStuffWorks.com. "How Blackouts Work."
Rising Costs & Consumer Empowerment
Davidson, Paul. USA Today. "Price Jolt: Electricity bills going up, up, up."
20 June 2008.
DOE Pacific Northwest Laboratory, GridWise project. "Department of Energy Putting Power in the Hands of Consumers Through Technology."
9 January 2008.
Energy Information Administration. "Coal prices." Average Open Market Mine Price of U.S. Coal 1995-2007.
February 2009.
Energy Information Administration. “Coal prices.” Average Open Market Mine Price of U.S. Coal 1995-2007.
February 2009.
Energy Information Administration. “Short Term Energy Outlook.”
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Energy Trends and Their Implications for U.S. Army Installations. Washington: Government Printing Office. (ERDC/CERL TR-05-21)