Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets continues her interview with Dick DeBlasio, life senior member of IEEE and principal laboratory program manager for electricity programs at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. DeBlasio is developing a guide for smart grid standards. In part one, he explains how the guide will bring together different entities to establish standards for the smart grid. In part two, he discusses the smart grid pilot program, which has received $4.5 billion from the federal government for demonstration projects.