The company’s Watt Watchers EmPower Maryland programs are not upgrades to the infrastructure, so they won’t get the Smart Grid funds, said Todd Meyers, manager of external communications.

Those programs, which include energy-efficiency and conservation offerings, will be available in mid-January 2010.

In Pennsylvania, Meyers said, the company is installing “smart meters” in homes as part of that state’s mandated conservation goals. The company applied for $200 million in Smart Grid funding, but the current rounds of funding have been canceled as the entire $3.4 billion has been exhausted.

Allegheny may get about $400,000 as part of a joint allocation with PJM Interconnection, which oversees power systems in the region, for synchrophasor technology. The funds will come from the U.S. Department of Energy.

For more on this story, check out Saturday's edition of The Frederick News-Post.

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