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Smart Meter + Slot Machine Security

By Mike Breslin, Freelance Writer, , December, 17, 2009 - When Tommy Carmichael -- the world's greatest slot machine cheat -- wanted to illegally coax coins out of Las Vegas slot machines, his first step was to get his hands on the machine he wanted to cheat. He was successful at beating the best electronic security that slot machine engineers could design and milked hundreds of thousands of dollars before he got arrested.  more...
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Stimulus, Smart Grid and Utility Budgets

By Warren Causey, Vice President, Sierra Energy Group, a division of Energy Central, December, 03, 2009 - Editor's note: While this article was written and originally appeared in EnergyBiz magazine prior to the federal government's announcement of smart grid investment grant awards and its announcement of smart grid demonstration grant awards -- and no one's crystal ball is absolutely flawless -- Warren Causey's look at the effect stimulus funding is likely to have on the electric utility industry solidly nails the numbers, and the concerns, to the wall, and I felt strongly that it deserved sharing here.  more...
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A Useful Thing Happened on the way to the Smart Grid: the Agile Grid, Part 4

By Stephen Hadden, Senior Consultant, R.W. Beck, an SAIC Company, November, 19, 2009 - This is the fourth in a series of articles on practical Smart Grid approaches that utilities can initiate now.  more...
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The Information River

By Joe Kovacs, Freelance Writer, , November, 05, 2009 - Information has become one of the most valuable commodities as emerging technologies help individuals manage data with ease and reliability. For utilities, the smart grid is creating opportunities to learn more about customer behavior and energy usage. While adopting these capabilities, insightful utilities are strategizing about their use of data to communicate with customers and industry partners, and address challenges facing the power industry including capacity constraints, reliability, local management and energy conservation.  more...
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Potential Power: Balancing Utility and Consumer Control

By Ken Silverstein, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Insider, October, 15, 2009 - It's one thing to have an intelligent utility. It's another to have smart customers. Newer tools are permitting two-way communications between power companies and their patrons. But if the technologies are to reach their full potential, state regulators must assure fairness before eventually subjecting those users to market forces.  more...
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Let's Get Going: Smart Meters Go Global

By Howard Scott, Managing Director, Cognyst Advisors, October, 01, 2009 - For 25 years, I've written and lectured about the need for smart metering, often concluding by saying, "Someday, utilities will use all that data."  more...
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Intelligent Decision-making Using Smart Meters

By Prosenjit Dutta, Senior Project Manager - AMI, Infosys, September, 17, 2009 - As a utility, have you ever wondered if you are providing the customer with all necessary tools to make him a careful and informed stakeholder of your business?  more...
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Operate & Interact: ComEd and Black Hills Talk Value

By H. Christine Richards, Editor-In-Chief, Intelligent Utility Magazine, September, 03, 2009 - Customers are finding new ways to connect with their utilities -- with or without a smart meter. However, smart meters bring along new opportunities to engage consumers. I talked with ComEd and Black Hills Energy about their strategies for interacting with consumers through smart meters. Each utility's approach and timeline varies, but operations and interactions will be critical to both.  more...
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Meter Reading Profiles & Best Practices 2009: A Benchmark Study

By Christine Kozlosky, Vice-President, Ascent Group, Inc., August, 20, 2009 - The first part of this two-part article discussed meter reading practices and benchmarking performance for the study's purposes. Today's article will discuss the study's findings and recommendations for utilities.  more...
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Meter Reading Profiles & Best Practices 2009: A Benchmark Study

By Christine Kozlosky, Vice-President, Ascent Group, Inc., August, 06, 2009 - The first part of this two-part article discusses meter reading practices and benchmarking performance for the study's purposes.  more...
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