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Is Quebec power good for state?

There's a power struggle over power lines in the Hudson Valley. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Electric Transmission Texas Expands Master Agreement With Quanta Services; Two Contracts Awarded for CREZ Transmission Line Construction

Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced the expansion of its master agreement regarding Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) projects assigned to Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT) by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Developer defends Quebec to New York City line

Wind power generation could see a boost if a company is allowed to build power lines from Quebec to New York City, according to the project's developer. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

TECO eyes FishHawk for high-voltage lines

If Tampa Electric Company decides it needs to expand its Polk Power Station to increase production, about 200 homeowners in the FishHawk Ranch area could be staring out at 120-foot tall high voltage electrical lines. more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

PG&E Reaches Major Milestone Installing 9 Millionth SmartMeter(TM)

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced it achieved a major customer milestone, having recently upgraded more than 9 million meters to SmartMeter(TM) technology. more...
Filed under: Metering

 

ARTICLES

Prospects to Trade Electric Power Across the Asia-Pacific Region

By Harry Valentine -
A variety of perspectives on the failure of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant as a result of a tidal wave, have been published over that more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Navigating the Smart Grid Middle Mile

By Eedo Lifshitz - Maturing communications technology is playing an integral role in the advancement of today's smart grid infrastructure and enabling utilities and municipalities to generate and distribute more...
Filed under: Communications & Security

Smart Metering: Getting the Consumer Onside

By Jim Hayward -
In this article, Jim Hayward and David Wing, of Baringa Partners, share their thoughts on what suppliers must learn from consumer psychology (and history) to more...
Filed under: Metering

MDM in Cloud Computing

By Ashish Gupta -
Cloud computing has brought in radical change in the way IT infrastructure (compute, storage and network) can be provisioned on demand from a shared pool more...
Filed under: Metering

There's an App for Achieving a Smarter Grid Today

By James Mustarde -
The water-cooler discussion these days is about how media over hyped Hurricane Irene. However, I'd venture a guess that the millions of consumers who lost more...
Filed under: Grid Operations
 
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ENERGY BLOGS

Reliable, Resilient and Secure - Does your Smart Grid Communication Infra deliver on it's promise?

Blogger Photo By Devendra Vishwakarma - Everybody in Power Systems and Utilities community will agree to the fact that Reliable, Resilient and Secure Communications infrastructure is more...

Break Through in IT and Control Systems can lead to Plug and Play Smart Grid Systems

By Alok Misra - Recent Advances in ITand Control Systems can very early lead to Plug and Play Smart Grid systems. However the lacking more...

Use Smart Meter Data and Surveys to Increase Relevance for Energy Consumers

Blogger Photo By Bryan Truex -   Utility consumers are definitely not alike; spanning the spectrum of age, orientation, needs and preferences. With utilities rolling out more...

How Not to do a reform Programme - Test Case India

By Alok Misra - Electricity reforms and technlogy development in Utilities especially in India have been long due.Those utilities who have had an interacrtion more...

What Basic Competance is Required for Smart Grid and why this is the restraining factor

By Alok Misra - One of the most basic competance required for building the smart grid is the ability to integrate meter readings/ simulation more...

The Rise and Fall of RAPDRP - POWER SECTOR ReformProgramme

By Alok Misra - THis author produced two reports one for the Twisted Insulated Cable to stop the line tapping of Bare LT distribution more...
 

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Demystifying Utility Analytics -- What it's all about, where it's going, and how to get started.

 Monday May 21, 2012 - 11:00 AM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webinar offers pragmatic advice for utilities that are considering data analytics investments; it shares insights from a utility that has been on the leading edge of the data analytics movement in power generation; and it discusses the opportunity to more...

 Filed under: Metering

Customer Analytics Issues, Trends, & Drivers

Wednesday May 30, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Utilities have historically made significant investments in their customer care systems and processes, yielding a data-rich environment that is now being enhanced with the influx of smart meter data. Monthly meters yielding 12 annual data events per meter will be more...

 Filed under: Metering

Securing AMI at BC Hydro: The Benefits of a Multi-Layered Security Architecture

 Thursday May 31, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Cyber security is one of the top concerns for utilities that are implementing a smart grid network solution. Consumer privacy and data integrity are critical. The good news is that industry leaders have established proven processes and procedures to mitigate more...

 Filed under: Metering

Grid-Scale Energy Storage

 Monday Jun 25, 2012 - Tuesday Jun 26, 2012 - London

SMi's Grid-Scale Energy Storage conference 25-26 June 2012, London provides distilled international perspectives on this exciting field. Our line-up of international experts features a hands-on, case study-driven approach from those at the sharp end of maintaining and sustaining energy provision more...

 Filed under: Grid Operations
 


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