As dOe tackles assessing smart grid efforts, one question is: how do we define success?

摘要

The head of a smart grid trade association believes that nmeasuring and valuing smart grid benefits will become easier asnthe power industry and regulators gain experience with various nutility plans, but others have yet to be convinced, judging fromncomments heard at the GridWeek conference in Washington nlast week.nA Department of Energy official mentioned Monday that nDOE was developing analysis tools to examine costs and ben-nefits of smart grid plans, perhaps facilitating learning among nutilities.