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2. The Advanced Smart Grid
Edge Power Driving Sustainability
Andres Carvallo, Proximetry and John Cooper, Ecomergence
Placing emphasis on practical “how-to” guidance, this cutting-edge resource pro-
vides a first-hand, insider’s perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids
in the 21st century (smart grid 1.0). The Advanced Smart Grid uses the design and
construction of the first citywide smart grid in the US as a case study, sharing the
many successes and lessons learned. You gain working knowledge of successful
tools and best practices that are needed to overcome diverse technological and
organizational challenges as you strive to build a next-generation smart grid (smart
grid 2.0). Additionally, this unique book offers a glimpse at the future with intercon-
nected advanced smart grids and a redesigned energy ecosystem (smart grid 3.0).
Contents:
• The Inevitable Emergence of the Smart Grid
• The Rationale for an Advanced Smart Grid
• Smart Convergence
• Smart Grid 1.0 Emerges
• Envisioning and Designing Smart Grid 2.0
• Today’s Smart Grid
• Fast-Forward to Smart Grid 3.0
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
Andres Carvallo is the executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Proximetry. He is a board member of
the Utilities Telecom Council’s Smart Networks Council and an energy and technology advisor to The University of
Texas, The University of Kansas, and The University of California, Los Angeles. He received his B.S. in mechanical
engineering from the University of Kansas.
John Cooper is president of Ecomergence, a consulting firm that supports consumer adaptation to the emerging
Smart Grid. Mr. Cooper is the author of numerous white papers and magazine articles on smart grid. He earned
his B.A. in government and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Hardcover • 266 pp. • 2011 • ISBN: 978-1-60807-127-2 • $89
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