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By Liz Enbysk

SGN Managing Editor

 

We've got a lengthy list of smart grid wins to tell you about this week, so scroll down (and be sure to click over to page 2 so you don't miss any).

 

PROJECT WINS

 

·         Trilliant will build on its successful 2011 pilot with the Victoria Electric Cooperative with a full scale roll out of a smart grid deployment for the Texas town, with completion expected by the end of 2014.  The project will leverage Trilliant's communications platform to deliver advanced utility services. Read more >>

 

·         Aclara won a contract with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to deploy its consumer engagement software platform. The solution is designed to increase energy literacy, engagement and related behavioral changes that help customers understand and manage energy usage and costs.  Read more >>

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·         Quanta Services got the nod from American Electric Power (AEP) to rebuild 66 miles of its 345,000-volt power line near Corpus Christi, Texas. 

Quanta says it will perform the work in an energized state, which means it will be the longest span of transmission line in the U.S. to be rebuilt while remaining in an energized state. Projected for completion in March 2016, this project is the first of five phases of energized transmission upgrades planned in the area by AEP. Read more >>

 

·         SunPower signed a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) for delivery of the 100-megawatt (AC) Henrietta Solar Project in Kings County, Calif. SunPower says the project is expected to create approximately 200 jobs during construction and inject $72.7 million into the local economy.  Read more >>

 

·         Milsoft Utility Solutions will be adding its outage management, GIS and IVR communications to solutions it provides Sam Houston Electric Cooperative, which serves nearly 52,000 members in eastern Texas. The company also announced it was chosen by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative to supply its field inspection solution and that Tombigbee Electric Cooperative in Alabama added its IVR communications to its existing portfolio of Milsoft products. Read more >>

·         MeterSense and CustomerConnect -- Harris Utilities’ meter data management (MDM) and customer engagement solutions – were selected by

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to complete the deployment of its smart grid infrastructure. As the largest water utility in New Mexico, the Water Authority serves a population of more than 634,000 people via approximately 203,000 water meters. Read more >>

 

·         Survalent Technology will supply its SCADA system to the Florida-based Escambia River Electric Cooperative. Survalent says the coop will use its smart grid applications in their deployment of SCADA and its advanced web technology to increase the value of SCADA to their organization. Read more >>

 

·         U.S. Department of Agriculture, with its latest investment of $27 million in loan guarantees to rural electric cooperatives and utilities, announced it has reached its $250 million goal to finance smart grid technologies. The latest recipients are:

o    Kansas - Ark Valley Electric Cooperative

o    Minnesota -- Stearns Cooperative Electric and Agralite Electric Cooperative

o    Missouri / Iowa -- Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative

o    North Carolina -- Piedmont Electric Membership Corp., Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. and Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Corp.

o    Southwest states -- Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

o    Wisconsin -- Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative  Read more >>

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