Interpreting Google’s Purchase of Nest
Were you surprised to hear of Google’s acquisition of Nest? Probably not; nor was I. Google has long been interested in energy monitoring technologies and the effect that access to energy information...
View ArticleThe Sharing Economy and the Electricity Industry
In a recent essay, the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Matthew Crosby asks “will there ever be an AirBnB or Uber for the electricity grid?” It’s a good question, a complicated question, and one that I have...
View ArticleSolar Eclipses and the Electric Grid: Markets and Automation
Yesterday’s solar eclipse across the US amplified a dominant issue in electricity policy discussions over the past couple of years — does increasing use of distributed energy resources like solar...
View ArticleNIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee
The electric power network is becoming increasingly digital. I started working on digital technology and smart grid topics in 2004, and served on the GridWise Architecture Council 2005-2009, focusing...
View ArticleThree Little Questions About Behavioral Energy Economics and Transactive Energy
Recently I spoke at the Surge Summit event of the Illinois Science & Engineering Innovation Foundation (ISEIF). ISEIF’s mission is customer education, awareness, and engagement as Illinois...
View ArticleIllinois Nextgrid, Platform Economics, and a New Working Paper
Recently the Illinois Commerce Commission kicked off its “utility of the future” initiative, called NextGrid. This 18-month stakeholder study will gather ideas to map out a strategic direction for...
View ArticleEdf on Grid Modernization
Last week the Environmental Defense Fund released a new report on grid modernization, Grid Modernization: The Foundation for Climate Change Progress (pdf). This short report provides a clear overview...
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Two Ev Entries in the “How Cool is This?” File
Economical energy storage has long been the Holy Grail of electricity. Since 1800, when Alessandro Volta invented the electric pile (a forerunner of the modern battery), hobbyists, scientists, and...
View ArticleThe Uk Smart Meter Transition: Industry Structure, Market Power, and...
The UK government started an energy digital smart meter rollout in 2008, an “… £11bn scheme to put 53m devices in 30m homes and small businesses by 2020” to yield an estimated gross benefit of £16.7bn....
View ArticleAbout Lynne Kiesling
Lynne Kiesling is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Purdue University and the Associate Director of the John H. Schnatter Center for Economic Research at Purdue. She was...
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