Bluebonnet Electric – details of plans in Texas from Stimulus application
From google alert – Coverage
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative is seeking $18.8 million in grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funding will allow the cooperative to complete the next phase of its Sustainable Grid initiative.
In 2010, will start upgrading the existing 2 way metering system for all 80,000 meters, introducing features such as
- advanced meters capable of self reporting outages
- a wireless and fiber communications network
- in-home wireless devices that will allow members to read their meter, understand their load and know the real time cost of their consumption
- a Web portal, which will provide every member access to the grid via the Internet
- the cooperative will begin to implement an energy conservation and demand response program that will encourage members to set up energy networks to manage their electric load
