Itron - Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that NW Natural Gas is leveraging its deployment of Itron advanced metering technology to include evaluation of its fixed network for collecting two-way time-synchronized interval data and on-demand reads from customers, as well as retrieve up to 40 days of interval data. Now operational, the two-way gas advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution is collecting reads from within a targeted population of NW Natural's 100G and 100G Datalogging Gas ERT(R) modules. more...
Siemens Energy, Inc. - Grid-Interop 2009 is an annual three-day gathering of thought leaders from around the world who will focus on the successful interconnection of transmission and distribution devices to enable the Smart Grid. more...
Sensus - Electric, gas, and water utilities have installed more than four million Sensus FlexNet(TM) communications systems endpoints--double the number installed last year at this time--and ten percent of President Barak Obama's recently announced goal of deploying 40 million smart meters over the next several years. more...
ABB Inc. - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will work on a joint development project with the Nordic utility Fortum to design and install a large-scale smart grid in a new district of the city of Stockholm. more...
Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) - The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced today that six companies have joined the trade association and will contribute to its efforts aimed at developing markets for smart grid technologies and smart grid practices like demand response. more...
Sensus - The seven electric utilities that comprise the District 9 (D9) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) consortium in Ontario, Canada, formed its alliance based on common geographical traits: urban as well as remote, rural, rolling hills with sparse endpoint service territories. more...
Echelon Corporation - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced today the new i.LON SmartServer 2.0, a smart energy manager that openly connects systems and devices to enterprise software applications, service providers, and the smart grid. more...
Echelon Corporation - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) today announced broad support for Enterprise Energy Management solutions (EEM) based on Echelon’s technology. more...
Echelon Corporation - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) and ELO Sistemas Electronicos S.A. more...
EnerNex Corporation - EnerNex® Corporation continues to assist in the pioneering task of establishing the nation’s first Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), per its $8.5M contract with the U.S. more...
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