The Smart Grid Observer brings you the latest news and information concerning key technology developments, deployment updates, standards work, business issues, and market trends driving the global smart energy industry. As a service to the industry, we deliver this information free in the form of a daily e-newsletter and website. Our coverage extends to utilities, equipment vendors, government agencies, standards bodies, industry associations, universities, and research groups associated with the smart grid vision. We strive on a daily basis to deliver the latest developments directly to our readers' desktop. Our focus is on the future of power generation, transmission, distribution, and end-user consumption & application: how it currently exists, efforts to evision a better grid, and real-world progress towards making it a reality. In this context, our scope also takes in key developments in the area of renewable energy and green technologies.