Smart Grids Will Anchor the Future of Energy

Date: January 8, 2015
Intelligent Utility

IEEE Fellow and Smart Grid Expert John McDonald appraises the future of energy, its distribution, its management and the overall business of generation. McDonald outlines five requirements for intelligently distributing electricity via the smart grid: smart meters, metering communications, outage management systems, geographic information systems and distribution management systems. And what do these all have in common (aside from the obvious)? Big data and the Internet of Things play lead roles in how they all work together. Read more.