The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced addition of five new members namely Cisco, Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net, and U-SNAP Alliance. The DRSG is a trade association for companies that provide products and services in the areas of demand response and smart grid. According to DRSG, the smart grid coalition works to educate and provide information to policymakers, utilities, the media, the financial community and stakeholders on how demand response and smart grid technologies can help modernize our electricity system and provide customers with new information and options for managing their electricity use.
Some of the existing members of the DRSG Coalition include: Aclara, Advanced Telemetry, Boeing, CalAmp (News - Alert), CALMAC, Comverge, CPower, Echelon, Electrolux, Enfora, EnOcean Alliance, Enspiria Solutions, GE, Google, Grid Net, HomeGrid Forum, Honeywell, Ice Energy, Itron, LG Electronics, Lockheed Martin (News - Alert), Lutron Electronics, Oracle, PCN Technology, Sensus, Silver Spring Networks, SmartSynch, Trilliant Networks, Whirlpool, ZigBee Alliance, and more.
Dan Delurey, president of the DRSG, said, "It is exciting to see smart grid and demand response being increasingly well received by policymakers, investors, stakeholders and—most importantly—consumers.The deployment of the smart grid is no longer something that will happen at some point in the future. It is happening now, and that is good for consumers and good for the country as everyone looks for options to reduce energy use and energy costs.”
Delurey further added, “The members of the DRSG Coalition have made a big contribution towards this forward movement, and as I welcome Cisco (News - Alert), Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net, and U-SNAP Alliance to the group, I'm pleased to say that DRSG's ability to help make the smart grid a reality has just become stronger."
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