Canada's Regulators: CAMPUT Chair Louis Legault
CAMPUT 2019
Conversations with CAMPUT Chair Louis Legault, NARUC Executive Director Greg White, and seven Canadian regulators.
Perspective
Engineering Smart Communities
Telecom and Transportation Charging for Smart Cities
The six elements that Grandview had conversations around include smart street lighting, video, digital signage, city apps, Wi-Fi, and data analytics.
State Legislators' Smart Communities Summit
Unique conversations
Columbus was a timely location for the National Association of State Legislators' Smart Communities Summit. In May, it took place just before the IllumiNation Energy Summit — hosted by AEP, Ohio State University, Battelle and Smart Columbus — and right across the street.
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Joe Gammie
Suburban Birmingham
"What you’re seeing is that localized distributed energy and microgrid type approaches are starting to make the grid more interactive than it has even been before."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Shon Richey
Suburban Birmingham
"You’ve got a little bit more upfront costs for some of these technologies because they’re higher end, but twenty years down the road, we see this being standard in most homes."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Todd Rath
Suburban Birmingham
"Homeowners agreed to allow their data to be collected and they participate in various experiments, programs, and processes."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Kimberly Britton
San Antonio
"You’ve got to decide what are the priorities, and how do we implement it in a way that’s affordable and helpful to the neighborhood."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: IllumiNation Energy Summit
Columbus
AEP, Battelle, Ohio State University and Smart Columbus took over a chunk of the cavernous Columbus convention center for a couple of days in May.
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Mike Stevens
Columbus
"The Smart Columbus component was important because our population is forecasted to increase by a million people by 2050."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Jordan Davis
Columbus
"Our application was built on two philosophies. One is you can’t be a smart city working alone and the second was to think holistically about our approach to becoming smart."