eMeter, the leading global provider of Smart Grid Management Software, announced that the Vattenfall Group has selected eMeter’s EnergyIPTM meter data management (MDM) system to provide essential capabilities in support of Vattenfall’s smart metering initiative. more...
Filed under: Metering, AMR & Data Management
Utilities Kingston (UK) announced a partnership with leading-edge asset management technology provider FuseforwardTM to develop a comprehensive "Intelligent Utility" solution to support all aspects of utility management, including customer relations and billing, operations, service and maintenance management, financial management and reporting, and performance analysis. more...
Filed under: T&D Asset Management
Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the utility's Bainbridge Island, Wash., residential demand response pilot program. more...
Filed under: Demand Response & Home Area Networks
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EnerNOC, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that Whitehall, PA-based Bridesburg Foundry, one of the largest bronze and aluminum foundries on the East Coast, has selected EnerNOC's Energy Supply Management services to secure favorable energy contracts in advance of the expiration of Pennsylvania rate caps. more...
Filed under: Demand Response & Home Area Networks
Enspiria® Solutions, a leading provider of consulting and systems integration to the utility and government sectors, announced that the company has been included in the recently published Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA). more...
Filed under: Communication Infrastructure
Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), today announced the introduction of CYMDIST 5.0, the next generation of the company's popular CYMDIST distribution systems analysis software. more...
Filed under: Distribution Management Systems
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, announced today that it will provide storage management, renewable integration, and home energy management solutions for Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) smart grid solar project, the recipient of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. more...
Filed under: Demand Response & Home Area Networks
Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the utility's Bainbridge Island, Wash., residential demand response pilot program. more...
Filed under: Demand Response & Home Area Networks
In July, Dallas-based energy distributor Oncor applied for three federal stimulus grants worth $317 million as part of a Department of Energy initiative to modernize the electricity grid. more...
Filed under: Metering, AMR & Data Management
Send Word Now, a worldwide provider of emergency notification and on-demand alerting and response services, announced today that Con Edison (NYSE: ED) has selected Send Word Now to provide emergency voice and text communication services to its entire enterprise. more...
Filed under: Mobile Workforce Management
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As part of a $12 million order from an electric power company, Rockwell Automation has supplied 15 of the 33 new control systems planned for Snowy Hydro Limited, owner and operator of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in Australia. more...
Filed under: SCADA
The contract covers a complete M2M system based on the NetBiter® solution where all monitoring, control and management of the field equipment is standardized through the netbiter.net online server. more...
Filed under: Communication Infrastructure
Salt River Project said it is part of projects totaling more than $110 million that have received funding through the Obama administration's economic stimulus program. more...
Filed under: Metering, AMR & Data Management
Infotility, Inc., provider of distributed intelligent agent software that enables utilities and communities to increase the efficiency and utilization of electric grid assets such as solar and wind power, has launched the field-test phase of an Smart Grid demonstration project, funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with The Marin County Office of Sustainability. more...
Filed under: Distribution Management Systems
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced today that Unitronics Comunicaciones, a leader in the Spanish IT and communications market, has become a reseller and integrator of Echelon’s LonWorks® technology in Spain. more...
Filed under: Communication Infrastructure
BPL Global®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, announces that BPLG and our strategic partners have collaborated with multiple electric utilities awarded Smart Grid Investment Grants (SGIG) from the DOE as part of the ARRA funding announcements made by President Obama earlier this week. One highlight is the opportunity for BPLG to work with FirstEnergy in supporting their award to modernize their electrical grid and reduce peak energy demand through multiple smart grid technologies. BPLG has the opportunity to work with our strategic partners on other named projects with award amounts totaling more than $800M. more...
Filed under: Communication Infrastructure
Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), today announced the introduction of a new program to qualify the applicability of Microsoft Security Updates to its products. more...
Filed under: Grid Security
WeatherBug®, providers of the largest private weather network in the world, has announced a partnership with Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), BT and UTV New Media. more...
Filed under: T&D Reliability
AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), has selected PCS UtiliData’s AdaptiVolt™ Volt/Var Optimization system for a demand reduction project in northeast central Ohio as part of the company’s recently announced AEP Ohio gridSMARTSM Demonstration Project. more...
Filed under: T&D Automation