"The first products based on the U-SNAP specification will consist of a family of communicating thermostats that are expected be on retail shelves later this year," said Barry Haaser of the U-SNAP Alliance. "Consumers purchasing U-SNAP compliant thermostats will be able to access them locally or remotely over the Internet. Consumers participating in utility sponsored smart meter programs may be able to use U-SNAP compliant thermostats to show how much they are paying for electricity and much they are consuming."

July 21, 2009 - DEVENS, Mass. - American Superconductor Corporation, a global energy technologies company, today announced that the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has provided more than $12 million in funding to AMSC under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complete the following ongoing superconductor smart grid projects: