Communication Infrastructure
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The workshop consisted of a number of panels that discussed industry perspectives and practices, and the path forward for the development of the framework. Several strong consensus-based themes emerged throughout the workshop, including the need for collaboration and outreach.
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The meter installation in Naperville, Illinois has an active and vocal protest movement. Despite studies by the utility and objective sources refuting the movement's claims, a form letter created by the protest group has spilled over the edges of this community and appeared in various forms at utilities across the country. Nicknamed "the Naperville letter," it may be coming to a utility near you. Here's insight into where it came from, what it says and how you can respond.
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CIM Automation Systems, a division of M.C. Dean, Inc. has been appointed an "Energy Automation-Smart Grid" Siemens Solution Partner. M.C. Dean is the first "Energy Automation-Smart Grid" Siemens Solution Partner in the United States.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced plans to help empower Public Power and rural electric utilities with future-proofing their systems for a reliable, efficient and sustainable grid.
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Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (Hitachi CTA) and Tendril® today announced that the companies are partnering to deliver a wide range of smart energy applications to consumers via an array of set-top boxes, wireless gateways and other devices that are already in the home. This dramatically improves the economics of home energy management by providing an economical and operational alternative to special-purpose gateways and other specialized hardware for each application used by the subscriber.
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A panel of experts, including Chris Irwin with the U.S. Department of Energy, Gordon Matthews with the Bonneville Power Administration, Bob Saint with the National Rural Electric Cooperative (NRECA), Robert Burke with ISO New England and Robert Frazier with CenterPoint Energy discussed a vision for the American power grid of the future last month. The conclusion: We need more technology with more data and ways to make that data speak.
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Telit Wireless Solutions, a leading global vendor of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) modules and value-added services, today announced the introduction of the UE910 V2 HSDPA and HE910 V2 HSPA+ modules based on Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. chipsets, each to be banded for European and North American markets.
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Tantalus, a leading provider of Smart Grid communications, today announced that it has joined Alcatel-Lucent's (EURONEXT and NYSE: ALU) ng Connect program, a multi-industry ecosystem dedicated to the creation of the new generation connected user experience.
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+ Technology takes a backseat with enterprise analytics
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The communications system -- which may include SCADA equipment, transceivers, and backup batteries - affiliated with a utility's Transmission and Distribution lines will require protection from the elements, thermal management to maintain the proper operating temperature ranges, and security to prevent malicious access and tampering.
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Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability was hired by Netbeheer Nederland - the Association of Energy Network Operators in the Netherlands - to study smart grid demonstration projects around the world, with a focus on technical, policy, regulatory and social aspects.
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No one size fits all here
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Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative rolls out Internet options
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South Central Indiana REMC chooses scalable solution for future
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No one-size-fits-all solution here
Just as we all have different-sized feet, utilities of different sizes and different geographic issues need different network communications solutions to fit individual needs. For a long time, the debate - and it was a debate - between the use of WiFi or broadband and public or private communications networks seemed to be more about trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution, rather than a variety of solution, rather than a variety of solutions (sometimes used within the same utility) in which everyone wins.
Now, not so much.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that Tropos Networks, a leading supplier of reliable wireless IP broadband networks for the smart grid which was recently acquired by ABB, will supply KCP&L with a wireless communication network with advanced distribution automation features for KCP&L's SmartGrid Demonstration Program.
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), through its wholly owned subsidiary SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC, is providing technical consulting and project management services for AEP Ohio's gridSMART Demonstration Project in northeast central Ohio.
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Southern Rivers Energy (SRE) will install the Sensus FlexNet(TM) utility network as the nucleus for a major technology update to serve the electric cooperative's approximately 15,000 members in its nine-county service territory in central Georgia.
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Sensus, a leading provider of smart grid infrastructure technologies for electric, gas and water utilities, announces a new demand response (DR) management offering to electric utility customers enabled by Minneapolis-based solution provider Open Access Technology International, Inc., or OATI.
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Lessons from the trenches
Tied up in the entire data analytics discussion is that of consumer education. It's imperative that electric utilities make abundantly clear their privacy policies regarding customer data, and that they clearly, factually dispute allegations that claim otherwise.
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