First-generation smart grid

Published 2014-04

Products and services using First-generation smart grid are generally available around 2016

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit

Smart meters were already in mass rollout before the poster; by 2022 the US had 119 million AMI meters, 72% of all meters.

Test: D37 Horizons: smart meters supplied to ordinary utility customers outside pilots by 2018 (earlier counts).

How many smart meters are installed in the United States? (EIA FAQ) (2022): 119 million AMI smart meters installed in 2022, about 72% of electric meters.

Grader B: hit

US utilities had installed about 46 million smart meters by 2012 (EIA); Italy's Enel rolled out smart meters in the 2000s.

Test: Utilities/customers could get smart meters by 2018 (earlier counts).

EIA: How many smart meters are installed in the United States? (2013): Tens of millions of advanced meters installed before 2016.

id: hz-2014-064
category: Energy technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2016
placed year: 2016
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2014,"mainstream":2015,"financially_viable":2016}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2014.7, between the 2014 and 2015 lines, nearer 2015 (read as 2015). Bar from 2013.8 to 2015.9: scientifically viable ~2014, financially viable ~2016. The bar reaches the inner edge of the grid (~2014), so scientific viability may be at or before the chart start. Sub-area: Smart grid.