Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword: How smart a grid? Preface: Making the smart grid happen Introduction Part I: Setting the context: The what, why, how, if and when of smart grid Chapter 1: Smart grid is a lot more than just technology Chapter 2: Smart regulation for the smart grid Chapter 3: From smart grid to smart energy usage: Reengaging customer demand Chapter 4: Efficiency and ethics of dynamic pricing Chapter 5: The equity implications of smart grid Part II: Smart supply: Integrating renewable & distributed generation Chapter 6: Prospects for renewable energy: meeting the challenges of integration with storage Chapter 7: The smart grid vision and roadmap for California Chapter 8: Realizing the potential of distributed generation Chapter 9: What role for micro-grids? Chapter 10: Renewable integration through direct load control and demand response Chapter 11: Riding the wave: The potential of the smart grid for integrating wind resources Part III: Smart infrastructure, smart prices, smart devices, smart customers, smart demand Chapter 12: Software infrastructure and the smart grid Chapter 13: The evolution of demand response in RTO markets Chapter 14: Smart pricing in organized electricity markets Chapter 15: How large C&I customers respond to dynamic prices - the California experience Chapter 16: Smart pricing to reduce network investment in smart grids - the international experience Chapter 17: Where do customers fit into the smart grid puzzle? Chapter 18: Customer view of smart grid - Set and forget? Chapter 19: Customer side of the meter Part VI: Case studies & applications Chapter 20: Demand response participation in PJMs energy and capacity markets Chapter 21: Ausgrids smart grid vision Chapter 22: Perfect partners: Wind power and Electric Vehicles - A New Zealand case study Chapter 23: Impact of EVs on day-ahead prices: The French connection Epilogue: How do we get there from here?