mostly because it shows the convergence of the electricity grid with smartness brought on by information technology.
Two recent web postings help define the smart grid:
From the Wired Blog Network: The Austin Smart Grid.
From The New York Times: On the Road to a Smart Grid.
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There is a troubling overemphasis of "smart meters" when folks try to define the smart grid these days. Metering is only one of many applications that can run over a smart grid, and the "smartness" of a digital meter depends largely on the performance of the NETWORK that connects it. Smart networks for the smart grid must be interoperable enough to run multiple applications - not just metering - and secure enough to keep hackers from meddling with our nation's most important infrastructure.
Networks, not meters, are the critical infrastructure for the smart grid!
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