Smart Grid Development at SMUD

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is committed to advancing smart grid technologies in its service territory. Last year SMUD was awarded $127.5 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to advance smart grid implementation by several years.

Jim Parks will discuss SMUD's smart grid project and will cover project elements, hype vs. reality, what's here today and what's needed for tomorrow, future potential, timelines and issues.

Speaker: Jim Parks, Program Manager of Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D at SMUD, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Part of the Fall 2010 i4Energy Seminar Series. Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents.