Accenture: Stimulus may have slowed down smart grid projects

Accenture, a consulting company at the forefront of many IT and infrastructure projects, outlined some of its smart grid efforts at its analyst meeting last week and CEO Bill Green shed some light on the state of the U.S. stimulus funding.

In an odd twist, the U.S. government's effort to prime the economic pump may have actually delayed some smart grid development projects. Simply put, the stimulus funding, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is still making its way to infrastructure projects but the impact on the health care, public sector and smart grid has been fairly limited.