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DTE Energy Implements GIS-Based Design Software
DTE Energy Co. is in production with Designer, a GIS-based design solution from Telvent Miner & Miner (TM&M). ...
Highlights
Commission Approves PGE Investment in Smart Meter Technology
Portland General Electric Co. has received approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission to install more than 850,000 next-generation electrical meters to help the utility and its customers manage energy use, enhance customer service and reduce operating expenses....
Oncor to Purchase CURRENT’s Smart Grid Network
Oncor has agreed to purchase CURRENT’s existing Smart Grid network in Dallas, Texas as well as additional equipment for approximately $90 million....
BPL Global Expands Broadband Over Power Lines in Caracas
BPL Global, Ltd.'s BPL implementation in Caracas, Venezuela, has been deemed successful by La Nueva Electricidad de Caracas (EDC). ...
Arizona Utility Selects Cellnet+Hunt for Advanced Metering Project
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC), a utility serving 38,000 customers across four counties of southeastern Arizona, has chosen Cellnet+Hunt's TS2 system for two-way advanced metering. ...
Baltimore Gas & Electric Selects Accenture for Smart Energy Savers Program
Baltimore Gas and Electric has selected Accenture to help implement its Smart Energy Savers Program, which includes a series of initiatives designed to improve customer service, enable customers to better manage their energy costs, provide environmental benefits through energy-conservation incentives, and help avoid electric supply capacity constraints. ...
Tucson Electric Deploys Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture Suite
Tucson Electric Power Co. has implemented Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suite -- a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware -- to integrate its various business applications and establish new services rapidly with reusable Web services. ...
OG&E Commission Feeder Automation System from ACS
Advanced Control Systems (ACS)has successfully completed delivery and acceptance testing of its FASTapps feeder automation system for Oklahoma City-based OG&E Electric Services. ...
In-Depth
AREVA to Supply PACiS to Terna S.p.A
AREVA's T&D division has entered into an agreement with Terna S.p.A to supply substation automation systems (PACiS) that comply with the new International...
BEA Extends Service-Oriented Architecture to Enterprise Resource Planning Integration
BEA Systems, Inc. has announced the release of BEA SmartConnect 3.0, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to enterprise resource planning (ERP) connectivity...
Vendor Updates
Telemetric to Support Landis+Gyr Meters
Telemetric Corp. has announced the availability of an end-to-end wireless communication solution for the Landis+Gyr S4e commercial & industrial meters....
Eka Systems and Tampa Electric Co. Launch AMI Smart Network Pilot
Eka Systems has announced the successful AMI pilot installation at Tampa Electric Co. designed to serve multi-family residential customer sites. ...
Itron Releases Enterprise Edition Meter Data Management Version 6.0
Itron Inc. has released Enterprise Edition Meter Data Management version 6.0. ...
Telemetric to Support General Electric KV2C Meters
Telemetric Corp. has unveiled the availability of an end-to-end wireless communication solution for the GE kV2c commercial & industrial meters....