Your nominations are in – smart grid companies to watch in 2011

Ambient has Duke Energy and Con Edison as customers. These two are just the beginning. Ambient's order file is expanding. They saw orders almost double from around 40,000 to over 80,000 units in about four months. Ambient's margins are respectable; their debt is negligible. Management is networked within most of the important trade and government agencies addressing the smart grid industry.

[Note from Jesse: There are several reasons to keep an eye on this company. First, it's one of the smart grid's best comeback stories. After starting as a BPL player and nearly going under, it has slowly and gradually remade itself as a purveyor of grid applications and grid communications. Second, it is rumored to be on the shortlist for some large projects in the U.S. and China.]