New Baby

What does New Born and Smart Grid have in common? I find myself puzzled with this random question on a bright Saturday morning.

Baby has been keeping Dan and I entertained all night long with a great set of lungs and now she seems to be in a less energetic state of coma, after a nice diaper change, lotion treatment and solid feeding. Basically we figure it is a matter of factor elimination, following our engineering train of thoughts, eliminating all the factors that could cause her discomfort and eliminate them one by one.

Smart Grid is an equally fussy area that deserves much attention in its infancy stage. Lots of financial investments and human capital has gone into it, many trial and errors later we might be seeing trends that could work, but like babies, not all smart grid solutions would work the same way, state and government regulations, geographic traits that impact infrastructure deployment (think Boulder, there is a reason for it to be called that), customer demographics, needs, attitudes, utility's operating philosophy and vision toward Smart Grid, etc. These all influence how a smart grid solution will be formulated and executed upon.

It is easier talking than executing. Baby is waking up, I need to run and improvise again.