Pathway to Smart City Resiliency: The Microgrid Platform
Navigant on Smart Communities
While several utilities have successfully rate-based microgrids, many also have struggled.
Smart All Over
Navigant on Smart Communities
Navigant’s managing director introduces a series providing a comprehensive look at what is needed to build smart communities.
Smart is Worth the Effort
Facing Headwinds
Smart communities work by creating a triangle of collaboration with the utility, technology provider and community.
Rhode Island: Jonathan Schrag
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"Street lights as critical real estate to develop into small cell technology for advanced communications is exciting."
Illinois: Lori Sorenson
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"Smart lighting is a foundation for implementing smart city technology."
North Dakota: Duane Schell
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"We were in the top ten of the country with enabling texts to 911 statewide."
Virginia: Robby Demeria
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"The digitally literate workforce – a farmer, a mechanic, a nurse, or software engineer – all require a level of digital literacy, computational thinking, in the new economy."
New Jersey: Sara Bluhm
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"We are going through quite a whirlwind of advancement at the moment."
Directors Sue Gander and Dan Lauf
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
NGA’s Environment, Energy & Transportation Division directors explain the initiative.
Smarter States, Smarter Communities Initiative
National Governors Association
NGA explains the initiative, then takes us behind the scenes with staff from governments in Illinois, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Virginia.