Interview: How We’ll Get the Job Done: an Interview with NIST’s Dr. George W. Arnold

Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP

6/19/2009
(Original Publish Date: 5/1/2009)

Although the inclusion of $4.5 billion dollars of stimulus bill funding for the first time elevated the words "Smart Grid" to the attention of many Americans, in fact the Obama Administration's commitment to upgrading the nation's electrical infrastructure is layered on top of an already-existing government initiative mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Under that bill, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is assigned the crucial role of ensuring that the standards, protocols, models and other tools necessary to make the Smart Grid a reality will in fact developed and deployed. In this interview, George Arnold provides his insights into how this rapidly unfolding effort is proceeding, and what we can expect to see and hear in the future.