Recently released reports, presentations, and other materials are available for download:
- Smart Grid Investment Grant Program Impact Reports:
- Economic Impact of Recovery Act Investments in the Smart Grid
Analyzing the economy-wide impacts of the Recovery Act funding for smart grid project deployment in the United States, administered by Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. - Reliability Improvements from the Application of Distribution Automation Technologies
Presenting information about the types of devices and systems being deployed, progress as of June 30, 2012, expected benefits, and initial results of projects that aim to improve electric distribution system reliability. - Demand Reductions from the Application of Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Pricing Programs, and Customer-Based Systems
Providing initial results from projects implementing advanced metering, customer systems, and time‐based rates to reduce costs, usage, and environmental impacts while improving capital assets and expanding customer options. - Application of Automated Controls for Voltage and Reactive Power Management
Providing observations from the analysis of initial results and the efforts being undertaken by projects implementing advanced voltage and volt-ampere reactive optimization technologies to improve electric distribution system operations. - Operations and Maintenance Savings from Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Presenting information about advanced metering infrastructure projects to improve operational efficiencies and support billing and customer services.
- Economic Impact of Recovery Act Investments in the Smart Grid
- Comparing the Impacts of Northeast Hurricanes on Energy Infrastructure
Comparing 2011's Hurricane Irene and 2012's Hurricane Sandy. - Overview of Response to Hurricane Sandy-Nor'Easter and Recommendations for Improvement
Providing an initial review of DOE's Sandy-Nor'easter preparation and response activities, highlighting some of the observations made during the response, and recommending specific activities to help DOE move forward with its government colleagues and industry partners to increase the resilience of the nation's energy infrastructure. - Insurance as a Risk Management Instrument for Energy Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Examining the key risks confronting critical energy infrastructure and ways in which the insurance industry can help manage these risks. - Preliminary and final reports from four working groups of the National Forum on Demand Response:
- Energy Emergency Preparedness Quarterly Vol 2 Issue 2 (April 2013)
Highlighting a few of the OE/ISER energy preparedness activities that occur each quarter.