• The Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project, in planning since 2010, begins this fall.
• It involves 11 utilities and five technology partners in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming and 60,000 electric utility customers.
• Utilities have been installing 80,000 smart-grid enabling assets such as smart meters and 12,000 smart grid-responsive assets.
   

From the article: After more than two years of planning the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project (PNW-SGDP), the country's largest smart grid initiative, will officially get rolling this fall.