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Smart meter initiatives around the country in recent years have proven the concept. They are cost-effective and maximize energy efficiency, leading many governments to mandate advanced metering. Today a small fraction of U.S. meters are smart, but the segment is expected to grow between 15 percent and 20 percent annually. This section will keep you up-to-date with the fast-evolving technologies that underlie the smart metering phenomenon.
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Texas utility Oncor, now in the early stages of a massive smart meter rollout, is catching flak from angry customers who say "We're tired of being overcharged." See what the utility is doing about it. |
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A pioneering Smart Grid project that is bringing economic and operational benefits to a Tennessee municipality earned Pulaski Electric System (PES) the 2010 Award of Excellence for Innovation from Metering International. |
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Landis+Gyr, the leading global supplier of smart meters and energy management solutions,will be contributing to the further development of Slovenia by the deployment of smart metering infrastructure and energy efficiency tools for the residential sector to the country’s largest utility, Elektro Ljubljana. The utility’s decision to invest in advanced metering is based on a compelling business case rather than a response to regulatory requirements. |
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We're hearing rumblings that at least a couple of major utilities are kicking their smart meter deployments into high gear. |
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Telvent, the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, announced today the launch of its new MDM System. As utilities seek to maximize their investment and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), Telvent Conductor MDM™ will allow the processing and assimilation of mass amounts of data from multiple AMI networks, turning this data into business information that can be made available to the entire company. |
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The controversy and hot tempers over smart meter rollouts in the U.S. are popping up in Australia too. Some utility customers in Victoria have gone so far as to padlock their electric meters to block installation of the new meters. |
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There’s no escaping the consumer backlash that is putting the Smart Grid at risk. But are we missing the obvious? IEEE member and PhD candidate Tim Kostyk is here with a plea for common sense. He suggests something as simple as a toggle switch or software fix as a design standard could solve the problem. Is it really that easy? Click to read Tim’s piece and join the discussion. |
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Utility Partners of America (UPA), one of the nation’s largest utility services contractors, today announced it has been awarded a contract by Glendale Water and Power (GWP) to replace electric and water meters with smart meters in the city of Glendale, CA. The installation will give 84,500 electric and 33,400 water customers access to advanced metering technologies that generate a two-way communication network. |
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Utilities have learned a lot about how to reduce energy consumption with smart meters, but they're leery of riling up consumers — and taking a gentler and less effective approach than what they actually see as the most efficient solution. |
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Dominion Virginia Power extends a smart meter field test before going all out with a $600 million rollout. Duke Energy scales back a $450 million rollout after getting slapped by Indiana regulators. And PG&E's smart meter program, which has been taking punches from fighting mad customers for months, gets audited courtesy of regulators. |
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Landis+Gyr, the leading global supplier of smart meters and energy management solutions, continues to expand its leadership position in the Polish market having recently signed a contract with ENION, the second largest electricity distributor in Poland, for its residential and ICG metering applications, further strengthening relations between the two leading companies.
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PG&E can't catch a break: Angry Bakersfield customers filed a class action suit against the utility in November alleging that newly installed smart meters were responsible for overcharges. Now, some Sebastopol customers are bashing PG&E because they're afraid the new meters are health hazards. |
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Read between the lines of today’s announcement from SmartSynch that it’s been chosen as the smart metering solution for TVA’s distributed renewables program. You may spot some interesting trends. Jesse certainly did. Find out why outsourced services caught his attention – and what this ambitious program could mean for cellular. |
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McDonald’s used to mark burger sales milestones. Verizon touts the size of its coverage area. So what do Smart Grid companies do to stand out from the crowd? Some talk endpoints. |
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NorthStar Utilities Solutions, a division of Harris Computer Systems, announces today the next generation of our Meter Data Management Solution, MeterSense 2.0. |
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The original electric power grid has been called “the most complex machine on earth,” and the Smart Grid is even more advanced. Yet it is quite manageable if you take it one piece at a time, which is exactly the point of our Smart Grid 101 series. This article offers a brief overview of a new concept in how electricity is managed that emerged at the beginning of the century. Under this model, the grid becomes less of a one-way highway and more of an integrated, interactive network. Many smaller power plants are distributed throughout this network, including renewable energy generation. And most importantly, this new grid gains “intelligence” and two-way communications. |
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The federal government is putting billions into creation of the Smart Grid through the jobs-focused stimulus bill. At the same time, some in organized labor are speaking out against the move to smart meters because of pending job losses. Jack Danahy explores the disconnect – and looks at job prospects as the Smart Grid build-out moves into high gear. |
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Central Maine Power Company's plans to replace existing meters with smart meters for about 600,000 customers has hit a snag: Union officials have warned that the new meters could mean 141 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the automation. They'll present their case in a state Public Utilities Commission hearing Wednesday. |
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Put a smart meter in a smart home and watch consumers leap at the opportunity to reduce energy costs. Right? Not necessarily so, suggests market analysis Bill Ablondi of Parks Associates. See the rather disturbing results of his firm's national survey exploring the consumer mindset regarding home energy management. |
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When selecting an AMI system, cost per meter is the most important criteria for 40% of the utility executives that participated in the Pacific Crest Mosaic Smart Grid survey. See how other factors like interval measurements and support for open standards ranked. |
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NV Energy has selected the Sensus smart grid solution for its advanced metering infrastructure, and is expected to deploy as many as 1.3 million electric and 155,000 gas meters throughout the utility’s 54,500 square mile service territory beginning in 2010. |
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Tantalus Systems Corp. announces that Lamb County Electric Cooperative has contracted to expand its Tantalus Utility Network (TUNet®) for Smart Grid applications to include coordinated measurement and control of large load irrigation equipment, in addition to residential advanced metering. |
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NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of four new 8-bit All Flash™ LCD microcontrollers (MCUs) with an integrated metrology engine providing energy measurement and management functions for smart electricity meters. The new chips will simplify smart meter designs for homes around the world, contributing to efficient energy usage and reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The 64-pin 78K0/LE3-M microcontroller comes in a 10 millimeter (mm) x 10mm low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) and is designed for single-phase 2-wire electricity meters, while the 100-pin 78K0/LG3-M microcontroller comes in a 14mm x 14mm LQFP and is designed for single-phase 3-wire electricity meters. |
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HD Supply Utilities, North America’s largest electric utilities distributor, announced that it has partnered with Carina Technology, a leading broadband energy management services company with solutions in more than 100 U.S. utilities, to distribute Carina’s Energy Intelligence (EI™) Solution to electric utilities in most areas of the United States. The EI Solution is based on industry-true Internet Protocol (IP) standards. |
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Aclara®, a leader in Intelligent Infrastructure™ and part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE), announces that Colombian utility EMCALI EICE ESE (EMCALI) has chosen its TWACS® technology for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). |
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