Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the municipal recipients of the Smart Grid Investment Grant. This grant offers $3.4 billion distributed to a hundred cities for infrastructure improvements to local electricity grids. Austin Energy applied for $100 million in funding, but today's announcement confirms that Austin will not receive any of this money.
$258.2 million has been given to other Texas cities, such as Amarillo, El Paso and Houston. However, almost all of this funding is for the installation of digital electric meters, an initiative that Austin Energy began several years ago and has now almost completed. Digital electric meters allow for automated reporting, eliminate the need for utility employees to read meters, and also offer better access to real-time data about energy usage at specific sites.
Here is a complete list (PDF) of cities that received funding from this grant.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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