Grants and Contributions:

The purpose of this agreement is to support Smart Grid Canada's development of a public-facing, web-based portal of information on smart grid projects and technology deployments in Canada. The lack of a centralized source of information on Canadian smart grid-related activities to facilitate information exchange among industry, governments, utilities, stakeholders and academia has been noted in various public and government sponsored forums. Development of this web portal will achieve the public policy objective of facilitating information exchange in an emerging area of technology research, development and demonstration that is of particular significance for improving the economic efficiency and environmental performance of the Canadian electricity network.