The Smart Grid promises to change our relationship with electricity from that of a passive, unaware consumer to an active, engaged prosumer (as defined by Alvin Toffler, a producing consumer). This talk will discuss some of the greatest beneficial impacts Smart Grid technologies will have on consumers, energy markets, and our environment.

Christine Hertzog is a consultant, author, and a professional explainer focused on Smart Grid technologies and solutions. She has two decades of experience helping companies that range from small start-ups to multi-national corporations deliver competitive and cost-effective solutions and services to customers. Her work often involves introductions of visible and disruptive products or services to customers, and the use of management and communications strategies and tactics to enable consumer acceptance of change. She also helps clients understand and navigate the Smart Grid ecosystem of emerging technologies and markets.

Christine is the author of the Smart Grid Dictionary, the first dictionary that explains the jargon, acronyms, and terminology used by utilities, regulators, standards organizations, and manufacturers; and the author of the Smart Grid Dictionary Plus, which includes the Dictionary and classroom materials. Christine is a frequent presenter on Smart Grid topics and writes a weekly, syndicated blog about the challenges and opportunities that Smart Grid solutions bring to the evolving electricity supply chain, and their impacts to consumers. She is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of ElectricityPolicy.com, the Energy Collective, and the FountainBlue Clean Tech seminar series. She is also active in the NIST Cyber Security subgroup focused on data privacy standards recommendations.

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