Successful Smart Grid Implementation - 9781593703516

Defining a smart grid as a technological process which updates utility electric, water, and gas delivery systems by using computer-based remote control and automation, Ketchledge emphasizes its capability of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing consumers’ energy bills, and enabling a number of other operational business benefits. He presents his book as a roadmap for navigating the process from first planning step through operational transition and next steps with each chapter presented as stand-alone, so the reader can move to appropriate stages of the life cycle for their specific needs. Eighteen chapters are: elements of a smart grid project; challenges in smart grid projects; system implementation roadmap; the business case; vendor selection; project team organization; enabling technologies; system integration; business process transformation; the consumer element; the critical start; endpoint deployment; the science of implementation success; test engineering; the art of implementation success; operational transition; project closeout; leveraging the smart grid foundation. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)