US Smart Grid Market: Market Size, Trends and Growth Analysis

Trends, opportunities and forecast in this market to 2017 by various segment

Publisher: Lucintel Published: May 2026
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US Smart Grid Market: Market Size, Trends and Growth Analysis

Report Feature

The US smart grid market is expected to continue its double-digit growth momentum of the last five years to reach approximately $26.7 billion by 2017 with a CAGR of 13% over the next five years. Growing use of renewable energy sources and their integration into a common grid is likely to drive the market over the forecast period.
 
Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the US smart grid market and presents its findings in “Growth Opportunities in US Smart Grid Market 2012–2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis.”
 
As the study indicates, the communication solutions segment is expected to grow more rapidly than other segments. The test and monitoring solutions segment is likely to experience slower growth, but the smart grid infrastructure segment is forecast to have the largest market size, followed by the communication solutions segment. An increase in smart meter penetration among customers is anticipated to be the primary growth driver for this expansion. Other factors affecting the market include technological advances, development of smart meters, and increasing electricity generation prices, growth in demand conditions, government incentives promoting green energy, and development of transmission facilities to provide energy to remote areas.
 
Lucintel’s research identifies protocol development as a major issue to address. Protocol should be reliable yet flexible so that the different components across this system can interact. Data can be transferred through wireless systems, wired broadband, or through power lines. In the future, when developing a grid matrix, common protocols have to be considered for their efficiency.
 
In the next five years, the T&D segment is expected to have the highest growth rate while the utilities segment market is likely to dominate the market by value by 2017. The consumers segment is expected to have both the slowest growth rate and the smallest market by value.
 
The report, which provides trend scenarios and forecast statistics for 2012–2017, details industry drivers and challenges, covers

emerging trends, and highlights major smart grid manufacturers, also describes various smart grid properties, manufacturing processes, and more.
 
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s expected to provide you valuable information, insights, and tools needed to identify new growth opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. US smart grid market report is estimated to save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and is anticipated to significantly helping expanding your business in this market. In today’s unstable economy, you need every advantage that you can find to keep you ahead in your business.
 
To make business, investment, or strategic decisions, you need timely and adequate information. This market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multi-national material suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors and many more, who are dealing with US smart grid market.
 
Some of the features of report Growth Opportunities in US Smart Grid Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis” include these:
 
  • US smart grid market size in terms of value shipment
  • US smart grid market trend and forecast in terms of value shipment
  • Trend (2006-2011) and forecast (2012-2017) of US smart grid market for components, for domains, and for regions
  • US smart grid market by components, by domains, by regions
  • Porter’s Five Forces model for US smart grid market
  • Major drivers and challenges in US smart grid market
  • Emerging trends and new opportunities in US smart grid
  • More than40figures and 12 tables are provided in this approximately105-page report

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

List of Tables

Figure 1.1: Porter’s Five Forces model for us smart grid market Figure 2.1: Evolution in US smart grid market from 2000-2011 Figure 2.2: Differences between traditional grid and smart grid Figure 2.3: Smart grid electrical infrastructures Figure 2.4: Smart grid functioning structure Figure 2.5: Comparative analysis among various pricing policies Figure 2.6: Smart meter types Figure 2.7: Communication solutions Figure 2.8: Energy management solutions Figure 2.9: Smart grid infrastructures Figure 2.10: Test and monitoring solutions Figure 2.11: Home energy management Figure 2.12: Organization in utility domain Figure 2.13: Organization in T&D domain Figure 2.14: Organization in customer domain Figure 3.1: Major players across different segments in smart grid infrastructure Figure 3.2: US smart grid market by components in 2011 Figure 3.3: US smart grid market by domains in 2011 Figure 3.4: Market share analysis of smart meters market Figure 3.5: Market share analysis of communication solutions market Figure 3.6: Market share analysis of EMS market Figure 3.7: Market share analysis of smart grid infrastructures market Figure 3.8: Market share analysis of T&M solutions market Figure 3.9: Market share analysis of HEM Market Figure 3.10: Major Players in the US Smart Grid Market Figure 3.11: US smart grid market share of top three, five, and 10 players Figure 3.12: Drivers and challenges in the US smart grid market Figure 3.13: Supply chain analysis for the US smart grid market Figure 3.14: Mapping of major players across different segments in the US smart grid market

Methodology

Lucintel has been in the business of market research and management consulting since 2000 and has published over 1000 market intelligence reports in various markets / applications and served over 1,000 clients worldwide. This study is a culmination of four months of full-time effort performed by Lucintel's analyst team. The analysts used the following sources for the creation and completion of this valuable report:
  • In-depth interviews of the major players in this market
  • Detailed secondary research from competitors’ financial statements and published data 
  • Extensive searches of published works, market, and database information pertaining to industry news, company press releases, and customer intentions
  • A compilation of the experiences, judgments, and insights of Lucintel’s professionals, who have analyzed and tracked this market over the years.
Extensive research and interviews are conducted across the supply chain of this market to estimate market share, market size, trends, drivers, challenges, and forecasts. Below is a brief summary of the primary interviews that were conducted by job function for this report.
 
Thus, Lucintel compiles vast amounts of data from numerous sources, validates the integrity of that data, and performs a comprehensive analysis. Lucintel then organizes the data, its findings, and insights into a concise report designed to support the strategic decision-making process. The figure below is a graphical representation of Lucintel’s research process. 
 

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