CCET: An Overview
The Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (CCET) is a Texas non-profit formed in 2005 to enhance the safety, reliability, security, and efficiency of the Texas electric transmission and distribution system through research, development and commercialization of emerging technologies.
CCET brings together electric utilities, high-tech companies, research companies, and university researchers to find technology solutions to challenges facing the Texas electric power industry.
CCET Overview
2012 Meetings and Events - View Calendar
Thursday, June 7th
Texas Triangle Draft Plan Review Meeting Austin, Texas
Monday through Thursday, July 23-26
Plug-In 2012 San Antonio, Texas
Monday through Thursday, August 6-9
NIWeek 2012 Austin, Texas
CCET Projects
CCET has embarked on a number of projects to serve the purposes of the organization and has an ongoing process in place to develop still other projects, all of which are intended to produce innovation in the transmission, distribution, and use of electric energy, the benefits of which will be spread to all sectors of the Texas economy.
Texas Triangle Project
U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities Initiative - CCET has joined with regional planning groups, along several CCET member companies, electric vehicle charging companies, electric vehicle manufacturers, and others to develop a plan for electric vehicle charging infrastructure deployment in the "Texas Triangle" (Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, and Austin/San Antonio) corridor.
Discovery Across Texas
U.S. Department of Energy ARRA Smart Grid Demonstration Project — Its goal is to improve the ability to reliably mange the ERCOT grid through better system monitoring capabilities, enhanced operator visualization, and improved load management. The project is focused on technologies to enchance wind resource integration in the ERCOT market.
Events and Contest
CCET sponsors an Annual Student Design Contest in cooperation with IEEE Region 5. The design challenge represents desired solutions to industry defined real world problems. Thus, the students have the satisfaction of knowing that they are working on a solution to problem faced by the electric utilities and/or green technology industry.
CCET Public Board Meeting
CCET held its Public Board Meeting at NRG offices located in Houston, Texas on Friday, February 24, 2012. On the agenda was a tour of CenterPoint's Energy InSight Center and Andres Carvallo gave an overview of Proximetry & Cisco Smart Grid Initiative. Please log into BaseCamp for more details.
