By Liz Enbysk

SGN Managing Editor

 

What are utilities buying - and who are they buying it from? Scroll down for our weekly glance into the smart grid marketplace. And be sure to click to page 2 where we've got more – including Frost & Sullivan's Asia Pacific Best Practices Award winners.

 

PROJECT WINS

 

·         Itron got the nod from E.ON, one of Hungary's largest utilities, to supply more than 7,600 smart meters for business and residential customers across the country, expanding a pilot already under way. Itron's general packet radio service meters allow for automated monitoring and increased communication about energy usage. They will be installed at a random selection of E.ON’s 2.5 million customers, allowing Hungarian energy officials to evaluate consumer energy use and efficiency based on data the smart meters provide. More details >>

 

·         Clevest Solutions, a provider of mobile workforce automation software including smart grid operations for the utility industry, announced that Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative has successfully deployed its combined Mobile Workforce Management and Automatic Vehicle Location systems, integrated with enterprise systems from Partner Software, Daffron and DataVoice, to improve the management of day-to-day service orders and outages. More details >>

 

·         Milsoft Utility Solutions will supply its Engineering Analysis software to the Marquette, Michigan Board of Light & Power for system planning and operations. Milsoft says the software, used by some 1,000 electric utilities, helps increase employee productivity, service reliability and operational efficiency as well as enable economical system expansion planning. More details >>

 

·         Harris Utilities’ customer engagement solution CustomerConnect was selected by Lakeland Electric of Florida to complete its smart infrastructure

implementation. “We needed a solution that would help make our customers aware of their consumption patterns during peak periods,” explained Randall Dotson, Lakeland’s Project Manager, Smart Grid Initiative. CustomerConnect is being pilot tested in approximately 2,000 homes and businesses prior to the rollout to all 124,000 customers. Dotson said the year-long exercise will enable Lakeland Electric to understand exactly how customers will respond to the engagement solution and to a new time-of-use pricing model. More details >>

 

Meanwhile, with drought a major concern in the American southwest, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority – the largest utility in New Mexico – has also chosen CustomerConnect along with MeterSense, Harris Utilities' meter data management solution. MeterSense technology will give utility administrators access to detailed analytics reports that will inform key planning decisions. More details >>

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