FERC actions with regard to individual ISOs and RTOs regarding Demand Response

From the 2008 FERC Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey, here is what different ISOs are proposing to the FERC regarding their intentions for implementing demand response smart grid application technology:

Midwest ISO: FERC conditionally accepted the Midwest ISO’s proposal to implement a dayahead and real-time ancillary services market. The market design provides for the integration [...]

Advantages of the Smart Grid

The major advantages of the Smart Grid, v.s. the current “dumb” grid infrastructure are listed in the US DOE’s “The SMART GRID: an introduction” are pretty [...]

Smart Grid Purpose – According to the US DOE

In the short term, a smarter grid will function more efficiently, enabling it to deliver the level of service we’ve come to expect more affordably in an era of rising costs, while also offering considerable societal benefits – such as less impact on our environment.
Longer term, expect the Smart Grid to spur the kind of [...]

US DOE Introduction to Smart Grid

Learn more about the Smart Grid from the U.S. Department of Energy

The US DOE has an introduction to the smart grid. This helpful PDF file has basic information on the grid and how technology is adding intelligence to the US energy network.