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Dairyland Power Cooperative Awards Comprehensive New SCADA/EMS Contract to OSI
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) - Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a comprehensive new contract by Dairyland Power Cooperative to upgrade and replace its Energy Management System (EMS) as well as its Distribution Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. more...
GEUS to consider rejecting technology proposals
Nov 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Brad Kellar Greenville Herald-Banner, Greenville, Texas - GEUS won't be investing in federally mandated Smart Grid Technology, at least yet not yet, as proposals for a local program came in well over budget. More...
Siemens sponsors Grid-Interop 2009
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...
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AREVA T&D and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Announce Successful First Test Results for a 13 MVA Shielded, Inductive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL)
AREVA T&D - AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) have successfully designed, built and tested a single module of a 13 MVA (2000 A, 6.4 kV) single-phase, shielded-type inductive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) at the AREVA T&D Technology Centre in Stafford, UK. more...
Sensus Marks the Deployment of Four Million FlexNet SmartPoint Devices
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...
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Intelligence for the Utility as Well as the Grid

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - What comes first – the smart meter or the ability to capture and effectively utilize the information available from the more...

Gems from Silicon Valley and GreenBeat 2009

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - Today’s GreenBeat 2009 conference in San Mateo, California, brought together venture capitalists, analysts, electric utility executives and smart grid solutions more...

Interim airport report: Grid-Interop

Blogger Photo By H. Christine Richards - After all of the interoperability work that went on with EPRI and NIST earlier this year, I had to ask: more...

Partnership, Not Preemption

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - As discussed in prior posts, the industry-wide implementation of smart grid technologies is a long journey.  Similar to other long more...

Since we're talking about risk...

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - ...let’s talk about High-Impact Low-Frequency (HILF) risks to the North American power system.   The North American Electric Reliability Corporation more...
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The Smart Grid Ready Framework, Part I

By Larsh Johnson
The smart grid is a rapidly evolving combination of new intelligent networks, information systems and regulations. The promise of smart grid is to allow utilities and consumers to manage energy generation, distribution and usage in more...
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Empowering Consumers: Moving Intelligence to the Edge of the Grid

By Audrey Zibelman
The electric industry is now embarking upon a revolution which in many respects resembles the transformation that the communications industry has undergone in recent decades. The transition from the "dumb" telephone network of the past more...
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IP Ahead, But No Network Designed for It

By Paul Korzeniowski
In the world of a smarter grid, all communications connections will be paved with IP. The use of that networking protocol will enable vendors to lower their product costs and will help companies manage a more...
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Cyber Security for a Smarter Grid

By Russ Holder
Long gone are the days when cyber attackers were teenagers in their basements writing viruses and sending them out across the World Wide Web for entertainment and notoriety. Today's cyber attacks are sophisticated, targeted and more...
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Networks for High Performance: The Journey to Smart Grid Communications Infrastructure

By Jeffrey Taft
The evolution of smart grid initiatives is ushering a new era of energy generation, transmission, distribution, and customer interaction. It is also presenting a paradigm shift in the way utilities will need to develop and more...
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