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City of Leesburg Launches Grid Modernization Project to Better Manage Electricity Loads
The city of Leesburg is modernizing the city’s electric grid with advanced technologies designed to power 21st century economic growth, increase energy efficiency, improve power reliability and empower its consumers. ...
PJM Interconnection Switches to Dual-Primary Control Centers
PJM Interconnection has completed the switchover to new advanced technology systems to run the power grid and wholesale power markets....
BPL Global Participates in EDF Smart Grid Project
BPL Global, Ltd. has joined forces with Delta Dore, Edelia, Saft, Schneider Electric, Tenesol and Electricite de France (EDF) through its French subsidiary BPL GLOBAL EMEA to deploy a smart grid project on the islands of Corsica, Guadeloupe and La Reunion. ...
Avista Utility’s Smart Grid Demonstration Project to Use Tropos, Itron
Avista Corp. has selected a jointly developed smart grid solution as part of the $38 million Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the city of Pullman, Washington, and the nearby community of Albion....
Highlights
NERC Recognizes Security of Unidirectional Communications
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. has recognized hardware-enforced unidirectional communication connections as providing strong "non-routable" security. ...
Eléctrica de Guayaquil Completes Smart Metering Implementation in Latin America
Eléctrica de Guayaquil, a state-owned electric utility in Guayaquil, Ecuador, completed the installation of Latin America’s first meter-to-cash smart metering system....
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC to Deploy New Distribution SCADA
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC has contracted for a new and modern Distribution SCADA Master System based on OSI’s monarch platform....
Guiyang Power Selects Smart Grid Technology for Collection, Analysis of Real-Time Operational Data
Guiyang Electrical Power Supply Company of Guizhou, China, has selected smart grid technology for the collection and analysis of its real-time operational data. ...
JEA Extends Contract for Management of Advanced Meter Network
JEA has signed a five-year extension of its services agreement with Landis+Gyr for management of the utility's advanced metering network....
BC Hydro Goes Live with Itron’s MDM System for SAP Utility AMI Solutions
BC Hydro has gone live with MDUS, a meter data management system for use with SAP for Utilities solutions, and is currently collecting data from 400,000 meters. ...
FirstEnergy's Paperless Option Offers Convenience to Electric Utility Customers
FirstEnergy Corp.'s customers can sign up for hassle-free, paperless, electronic billing. ...
ISO New England Dispatches Demand Response Network to Keep Grid in Balance
EnerNOC's DemandSMART demand response network was dispatched on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, to address a capacity shortage in New England....
Ameren Illinois Takes Initial Action in Implementation of Electric Grid Modernization Action Plan
Ameren Illinois has taken initial action in the implementation of its Modernization Action Plan (MAP) that will provide customers with an improved, more reliable and modernized electric distribution system....
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Selects Software to Automate Critical Forms and Enhance Business Processes
BP Logix has been selected by Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), the nation's largest three-service municipal utility, to automate the utility's key documents. ...
Black Hills Power Smart Meter Project to Use IndustrialPro Routers
Sixnet's IndustrialPro cellular routers are being used by Black Hills Power to provide wireless backhaul connectivity for the company’s secure Advanced Metering Infrastructure project...
Western Electricity Coordinating Council Orders Smart Grid Synchrophasor Software
Alstom Grid has been selected by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), to supply smart grid synchrophasor software applications for its Western Interconnection SynchroPhasor Program (WISP). ...
Mexico's CFE to Use Wireless Data Radios for Monitoring and Control
FreeWave Technologies has been chosen by Comision Federal de Electricidad for wireless data radio applications such as power consumption and substation monitoring, as well as control and monitoring of power networks....
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Selects Demand Response Solution for Deployment Across Service Territory
Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OGE) has selected an end-to-end demand response solution to expand its smart grid-based peak-reduction programs to all customers in its service territory. ...
Program Provides Roadmap to Integrate All Functions of Electricity Program
Glendale Water & Power has ordered the architecture for a progressive, comprehensive smart power programs. ...
Announcements
DNV and KEMA Create Energy and Sustainability Company
NV and KEMA will form an energy consulting, testing and certification company that can drive the worldwide transition toward a safe, reliable, efficient and clean energy ecosystem. ...
Software Brings Enterprise-Class Security to Field-Area Networks for Smart Grid
Tropos Networks has announced Tropos Mesh OS Release 7.7. ...
Glen Canyon Corp. to Provide Low-Cost Smart Meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Addressing high initial cost, high total cost of ownership and complexity of installation, Glen Canyon Corp. has announced its NEXGEN family of products for the Smart Meter and Advanced Metering Infrastructure market. ...
EnerNex and Newport Announce Partnership Focused on Grid Modernization
EnerNex has forged a strategic alliance with Paul De Martini of Newport Consulting Group, focusing on the development and management of advanced technology for grid modernization and customer engagement....
Smart Meter Shipments Reached 19.2 Million Units Worldwide During the 3rd Quarter of 2011
The second and third quarters of 2011 included advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) smart meter announced deployments covering several million customers from three major utilities in North America....
Silver Spring Networks and EMC to Deliver Smart Grid Analytics Solution for Utility Industry
Silver Spring Networks and EMC Corp. have announced an expanded relationship to provide a smart grid analytics solution for the utility industry. This solution will empower utilities with advanced insights from the data generated from the millions of devices on the smart grid and across the utility enterprise....
Surging Smart Meter Shipments in EMEA and Asia/Pacific Drive Worldwide Market Growth in Third Quarter
While regional markets continue to fluctuate, global smart meter shipments reached a new high in the third quarter of 2011. ...
Wireless Network Module Provides Wireless Communications Link Between Remote Field Sites
The new WNM Wireless Network Module from Moore Industries is an accurate and reliable solution for sending process signals between remote field sites....
Software Improves Security Management, Ensures Compliance, Accurate Reporting
Vanguard Integrity Professionals has announced the immediate availability of the newest release of its security and compliance software solutions. ...
Integrated Volt/VAR Control Tools Meet Increased Demand for Delivery Efficiency
Efacec Advanced Control Systems is addressing an increased demand for Volt/VAR optimization among utilities with tools that calculate efficiency savings faster and more accurately....
Adperc to Bring Wireless Sensor Technology to Brazil’s Smart Grid Market
IntelliSAW, a provider of next generation wireless sensor systems for smart grid applications has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Adperc of Brazil....
Analytical Tool Closes Transmission Congestion 'Blind Spot' in U.S. Power Markets
Ventyx has announced availability of EV Transmission, a new analytical tool that provides mission-critical data to help traders and analysts more quickly analyze and understand the role that transmission plays in North American power markets. ...
Tendril’s Smart Grid Interoperability Demo at Grid-Interop Supports Multiple Standards
Tendril will achieve an industry milestone at Plug-In at Grid-Interop this week when its extensible platform is used in conjunction with multiple smart grid interoperability standards....
Top Smart Grid Interoperability Leaders Focus on Implementation
For the fifth year, Grid - Interop is gathering the top technical smart grid minds to discuss real-world implementations of interoperability and advance smart grid standards, architecture and community in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 5-8, 2011...
New Smart Meters Earn UL/CUL/ANSI Listings
E-Mon, the electric submetering market leader and manufacturer of the installed E-Mon D-Mon product line, has announced the availability of four new smart meter class devices....
