Electricity Smart Grid

Your electricity is delivered to you through lines and wires, these lines and wires make up “highways” for the electricity to travel on to get to our homes and businesses.  These “highways” are also known as an electricity grid.  The smart grid is the same concept but with a little more technology to help make this process more efficient and reliable.  This is done by adding computers and communications technology to the existing electricity grid.

In addition to the utility companies being able to distribute electricity more efficiently, it can also help prevent power outages.  Instead of not knowing about a problem until customers are complaining, these computers can communicate problems with the utility before they ever effect the supply of electricity.

On top of the smart grid helping the utility companies become more efficient, it allows us to be more cost efficient with our electricity usage at home as well.  When you are receiving electricity in a smart grid it allows you to install what is called a smart meter.  With a smart meter there are many ways for you to see how efficient you are being with your electricity use.  For instance, you can have external devices in your home that can tell you how much electricity you are using at any given time, this will allow you to lower your usage during on-peak hours.  There are also systems in place that you can go online and see how much electricity each individual appliances is using, which can also allow to view where electricity is being wasted.Your electricity is delivered to you through lines and wires, these lines and wires make up “highways” for the electricity to travel on to get to our homes and businesses.  These “highways” are also known as an electricity grid.  The smart grid is the same concept but with a little more technology to help make this process more efficient and reliable.  This is done by adding computers and communications technology to the existing electricity grid.

In addition to the utility companies being able to distribute electricity more efficiently, it can also help prevent power outages.  Instead of not knowing about a problem until customers are complaining, these computers can communicate problems with the utility before they ever effect the supply of electricity.

On top of the smart grid helping the utility companies become more efficient, it allows us to be more cost efficient with our electricity usage at home as well.  When you are receiving electricity in a smart grid it allows you to install what is called a smart meter.  With a smart meter there are many ways for you to see how efficient you are being with your electricity use.  For instance, you can have external devices in your home that can tell you how much electricity you are using at any given time, this will allow you to lower your usage during on-peak hours.  There are also systems in place that you can go online and see how much electricity each individual appliances is using, which can also allow to view where electricity is being wasted.