LATEST NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

New website to show risk of wind-based power outage

With wildfire season arriving in the region, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. more...
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Duke Energy Takes Steps to Further Advance Its Smart Grid Communications Architecture

Duke Energy has selected California-based Echelon Corporation and Massachusetts-based Ambient Corporation to further develop its grid-based communications architecture that connects various digital devices such as smart meters, power line sensors and automated power switching equipment. more...
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PG&E Welcomes Release of Independent Evaluation Confirming Accuracy of Utility's SmartMeter(TM) Meters

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) today welcomed the release by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) of an independent, third-party evaluation of the utility's SmartMeter(TM) program. The report is available at www.pge.com/smartmeter. more...
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AEP testing new meters with local customers

More than 100,000 central Ohio households are on the leading edge of energy technology, having received high-tech electricity meters with the help of federal aid, a project an Obama administration official praised yesterday. more...
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Secretary Chu Announces Two Million Smart Grid Meters Installed Nationwide

At an event today at Battelle headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. more...
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Achieving Operational Excellence - What to Consider Before Implementing or Upgrading Your Distribution Management Solutions

Sep 16, 2010 - 2010-01-01 12:00:00 - Your City

Significant cost over runs. Changing business requirements. A well thought out plan is essential. Attend this free webcast discussion to hear inside hear three experts in utility operations discuss what utilities need to evaluate when they are considering upgrading or implementing a distribution management solution. more...

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Conquering Data and Analytics Obstacles in Smart Utilities

Sep 29, 2010 - 2010-01-01 12:00:00 - Your City

Utilities have a significant opportunity to transform the accuracy and reliability of power generation and distribution through the adoption of more intelligent and responsive energy management systems. However, many are hampered by inefficient and legacy systems that create data silos, unable to draw real insights from the new data available. more...

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Offshore Wind Energy in North America's Great Lakes Conference

Sep 9, 2010 - Sep 10, 2010 - Toronto

Two day conference that tackles the most important challenges. A blend of European knowledge from the companies who have been installing offshore wind turbines for the last decade alongside local state governing bodies and leading project developers. Permitting, securing long term finance, mitigating execution risk, ensure a robust supply chain. more...

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Autovation 2010

Sep 12, 2010 - Sep 15, 2010 - Austin, TX - USA

Autovation 2010 is a not-to-miss educational forum that will attract utility executives from around the world looking for new ways to optimize their operations through automation technologies. more...

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Global Sustainable Bioenergy North American Convention

Sep 14, 2010 - Sep 16, 2010 - Minneapolis, MN - USA

The North American convention provides a remarkable opportunity to play a part in guiding renewable energy policy for the 21st century. Attendees will create a resolution that, along with similar resolutions already drafted on four other continents, will help set the course for bioenergy research and application for decades to more...

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1. Intro to Nat Gas Trading & Hedging 2. Option Applications in Energy

Sep 20, 2010 - Sep 23, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

Introduction to Natural Gas Trading & Hedging - This program provides a comprehensive understanding of the structures that underlie Natural Gas trading. Beyond Essentials: Option Applications in Energy - This course provides a solid practical and conceptual (non-quantitative) understanding of more sophisticated option concepts as they apply specifically to the more...

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Electric Business Understanding Seminar

Sep 20, 2010 - Sep 21, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the electric industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the electric business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate this complex business to achieve success. See event website for additional more...

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Electric Market Dynamics Seminar

Sep 22, 2010 - Sep 23, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

Electric Market Dynamics offers participants an in-depth understanding of North American electric markets and how they function. Enhance your career by furthering your knowledge of market structures, pricing mechanisms, services offered in markets, and how various participants use the markets to manage risk and enhance opportunity. See event website for more...

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Gas and Electric Business Understanding Seminar

Oct 5, 2010 - Oct 6, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA - USA

Gas and Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the natural gas and electric industries. Position yourself for career success by gaining a solid understanding of how each business works, including key physical, market and regulatory aspects, as well as who the players are and the strategies they pursue. more...

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUED

PPL Electric Utilities Plans 10 New Electric Substations for 2010- 11

For electric service, substations are the hubs of power delivery, and PPL Electric Utilities is working on 10 new electric distribution substations in the next two years to improve reliability for thousands of customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania. more...
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ComEd Launches Nation's First 'Smart Grid Innovation Corridor'

ComEd today launched the "ComEd Smart Grid Innovation Corridor," one of the broadest collections of Smart Grid pilots in the country. more...
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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Selects Silver Spring Networks for Smart Grid Initiative

Silver Spring Networks, a leading provider of Smart Grid solutions, proudly announces that it has signed a definitive agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) to provide its smart grid platform and related software and services in support of BGE's recently approved Smart Grid Initiative. more...
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BPA officials catch flak over power line route

A proposed high-voltage transmission line continues to generate plenty of concern among Clark and Cowlitz county residents, despite the Bonneville Power Administration adding a new alternative running primarily through state and industrial forest land. more...
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Viridity Energy and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Awarded $900,000 from the State of Pennsylvania for Innovative Project to Recycle Energy Produced by Electric Public Transit

Viridity Energy, a Philadelphia-area smart grid company, today announced that it had received a $900,000 grant for its innovative pilot project with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the nation's sixth largest public transit organization. more...
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Cisco and Itron Join Forces to Deliver Next-Generation Smart Grid Platform

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) and Cisco announced today a strategic alliance that will advance the transformation of the world's energy infrastructure. more...
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ComEd Proposes Innovative Plan to Modernize the Illinois Electric System and Assist Low-Income Households

ComEd plans to propose an innovative approach to modernize the Illinois electricity system, stimulate economic development and create jobs. more...
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PG&E Forms New Advisory Group to Ensure That SmartMeter(TM) Program Follows Best Practices for Customers

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today the formation of the SmartMeter(TM) Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a group of experts, regulators, business stakeholders and customers, to review the impact of PG&E's SmartMeter(TM) program on customers and help the utility follow best practices while rolling out the program across PG&E's service area. more...
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Phase Two of New, High-Capacity Transmission Line From Wichita to Salina Complete

Westar Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WR) today announced phase two of a high-capacity transmission line project in south-central Kansas is complete and is now delivering electric service to customers. more...
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Commercial power line burial cost prohibitive

A sign industry representative said he doesn't think highway signage is nearly as objectionable as power lines. more...
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ARTICLES

A Useful Thing Happened on the Way to the Smart Grid: An Agile Grid, Part 5

By Stephen Hadden -
The concept of an intelligent electric utility infrastructure or "smart grid" is attracting wide interest among utilities, consultants, regulators, and other utility stakeholders. This interest, more...
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Smart Grids and Multi-Housing: Opportunities to Incentivize Green Technology

By Jay Jacobson -
Al is renting an apartment in Hopkins that has solar panels on the roof and a stand-by generator in the basement. Last summer during a more...
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Prospects for East-West Power Transmission across Canada

By Harry Valentine -
Successive Canadian federal politicians have voiced their sentiments in support of an east-west power transmission line across Canada. Historically, there have been more north-south power more...
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Wireless Sensor Networks - We Are Getting There

By Peter Harrop -
One hundred years after Faraday, came that other European giant of electrical theory and experiment, Nikola Tesla, who also parted his hair down the middle. more...
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Future Power Systems - what will they look like and the 'Smart Enterprise'

By Stephen Browning -
The Power System of the Future will be radically different from today, with high penetration of unpredictable variable output renewables. We have a lot of more...
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ENERGY BLOGS

The Enterprise Side of the EWPC-AF as Integrated to the Biggest Green Market

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It’s Green IT: Solar, wind and biofuels are all fantastic technologies, but to more...

A Message to US Senator Harry Read About a Minimalist Energy Bill

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Update: it is Senator Reid. Federal and state governments should take the leadership to initiate the transformation of the electric more...

Handling Risk Management and Living System Smart Grid Stillborn Threats

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - SmartGridNews.com has a video and an article of the security expert Andy Bochman about two Smart Grid Stillborn Threads. To more...

Should the Smart Grid be a Technological Project to Address a Challenge Faced by Utility Executives?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Following the advice of the great designer Don Norman, the answer is NO, as the most difficult social, organizational, and more...

Sigh of Relief from Solar Stakeholders

Blogger Photo By Austin Brentley - You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief on August 13 when the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced that more...

Green Jobs Coming to Guelph

Blogger Photo By Austin Brentley - Canadian Solar Inc., an international solar module manufacturer, will be opening its first Canada-based plant in Guelph, Ontario. The new more...
 

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