THE chairman of the House committee on energy stressed the need for Congress to pass an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill to improve the collection of baseline information on energy consumption and modernize the country’s electric grid infrastructure.
Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco of Marinduque said a “Smart Grid” would be a key enable towards achieving greater grid reliability, and cost savings for customers in the long term.
“Through smart grid, utilities will be able to deliver power more consistently and can prevent overloads and outages as well as real-time troubleshooting allowing problems to get fixed faster,” Velasco said during an energy forum organized by the Stratbase Albert Del Rosario lnstitute (ADRi).
A Smart Grid is a flexible electric management system that adds communication and computer intelligence to a local electricity distribution network. This enables the user to track and manage power usage, leading to ways to reduce energy wastage. Its system of flexible distribution and smart generation, which works in renewable energy, makes for efficient homes or enterprises.
The hardware provides real-time pricing information, helping customers use electricity at reduced rates. Any operational issues that arise will be easily handled by the Smart Power Grid’s digitization of all the data it records to expedite the troubleshooting process.
