Energy

The electric power industry is in the early stages of a sea change. From the growing addition of intermittent, often distributed, renewable energy sources to new and efficient ways that residential, commercial and industrial users are consuming electricity, the underpinning grid infrastructure is transforming on an epic scale to that of a networked grid.

The relatively slow-changing power transmission and distribution market is finding itself at the confluence of energy, telecommunications and information technology (IT) markets, driving necessary change and innovation in support of 21st century next-generation utility networks. Leveraging an intelligent network infrastructure, a smart grid enables short- and long-term applications and services that are emerging over the course of the next decade.

Our company, Social Media Today LLC, is a battle-tested, nimble team of former journalists, online managers, and advertising professionals who have come together to make a new kind of media company. With our backgrounds, and passions for, business-to-business and public policy conversations, we’ve decided to focus our efforts there. For these conversations we’d like to have, we’re assembling the world’s best bloggers and we provide them with an independent “playground” to include their posts, to comment and rate posts, and to connect with each other. On our flagship site, SocialMediaToday.com, we have brought together many of the most intriguing and original bloggers on media and marketing, covering all aspects of what makes up the connective tissue of social media from a global perspective.

Because of heightened security requirements within the United States and due to the volatility of the business environment for utilities, federal regulators, and Congress are finally seeing the need to ensure that  utilities and energy industries are secure. This consortium of interests is attempting to advise the utilities and their commercial clients and customers on protecting physical plant and associated assets against the potential impact of terrorist attacks against critical national energy and power infrastructures.