Tendril®, the leader in delivering consumer engagement applications and services, today announced its global device certification program, designed to ensure third-party manufacturer compliance and compatibility with the open, secure and scalable Tendril Connect platform. Tendril has selected National Technical Systems Inc. (NTS), a leading provider of testing and engineering services and the approved vendor of Continue reading →
Despite consumer interest in energy-saving solutions, selling products and services and engaging consumers in demand response programs continue to be challenges for service providers, utilities, and device manufacturers. Consumer energy-saving activities such as turning off unused lights and monitoring A/C usage peaked in 2010, and as the economy has slowly recovered, consumers’ energy consciousness has Continue reading →
Itron hosted an inauguration ceremony to commemorate its first Smart Metering Lab and Knowledge Center in India, located at the Itron India headquarters in Noida. According to the company, the facility is a demonstration center “to showcase and demonstrate Itron’s smart metering and AMI solutions. It will benefit local utilities, government officials and other groups Continue reading →
San Diego, Paris – Alstom Grid and Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services today announced the signing of a global alliance agreement to pursue joint commercial opportunities for their combined smart grid solutions. Together, the two companies will launch the industry’s first real-time, cloud-based Integrated* Distribution Management Systems Continue reading →
Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CCGI) (“CarCharging”), a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced today its proposed acquisition of EV Pass LLC, which specializes in building destination and location networks for EV charging, and its Central New York Destination Location Network (“CNY Network”), from Synapse Sustainability Trust, Inc., a 501c-3 organization Continue reading →
Located southwest of Nashville, Tenn., Dickson Electric System serves more than 30,000 residential and commercial customers across Montgomery, Cheatham, Hickman, Dickson and Houston counties. The service territory is composed of mostly rural terrain and stretches some 90 square miles using roughly 2,600 miles of distribution line. For 100 years, Dickson has relied on contracted meter Continue reading →
When the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) made the decision to limit spillover at its dams and force wind energy providers to curtail generation during an oversupply event in spring 2011, it may have unwittingly opened a different type of floodgate. A petition filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by a coalition of five Continue reading →
The Northeast is expected to get hit with extreme cold and piles of snow this evening. But the electric transmission system will probably hold up. Boston and New York State will feel it the most. For all regions of the country, though, it’s about how well they are able to meet their energy needs when Continue reading →
Tendril®, the leader in delivering consumer engagement applications and services, has concluded a demand response (DR) pilot with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) that drove 2.3 kW per household energy reduction among users for each DR event. Tendril’s technology and services were used to manage the entire process from enrollment and acquisition of customers to execution Continue reading →
The smart grid revolution is unleashing torrents of data. Utilities face an imperative to develop ways to transform those bytes into system improvements and innovative services Say “high tech” and utilities are not likely to be your first thought. Yet from smart phones, to web servers to the broadband links in between, utilities crank out Continue reading →
Elster Solutions today announced the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), a municipal utility owned by the citizens of Orlando, Fla., that serves nearly 225,000 customers with electric and water services, has selected Elster’s EnergyAxis® to complete its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. EnergyAxis is an award-winning solution that provides two-way communication for electric, water and gas Continue reading →
The Z-Wave Alliance, a consortium of global companies that oversees the world’s largest interoperable ecosystem for wireless home control products and services, will be conducting demonstrations of demand response solutions for the Smart Grid at the Grid-Interop Conference, to be held in Irving, TX, December 3-6. via Z-Wave Alliance to Demonstrate Interoperable Smart Grid Solutions Continue reading →
Approximately 200,000 people in Maryland were left without power in wake of hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 2012. Three days later only 700 houses were still left without power. Jeannette M. Mills at Baltimore Gas and Electricity observed that the quick restoration was partially made possible by smart meters and smart grid, made of two-way Continue reading →
Cloud computing is slowly attracting the attention of CIOs in the utility industry as they continue to look for ways to improve operational efficiencies or cut costs – despite concerns about regulatory compliance, security and expense. A new report from IDC Energy Insights provides an analysis of utility plans for integrating cloud computing services now Continue reading →
Silver Spring Networks is expanding the industry’s first insight-as-a-service solution with two new SilverLink cloud services offerings, which will enable utilities to improve their operational efficiency and increase the performance of their smart grid. “As utilities’ smart energy networks grow, so do their operational and performance demands. Today’s new SilverLink cloud services give utility networking Continue reading →
Smart grid and meter applications in Europe are having to compete with other services for radio frequencies, raising questions over grid stability and value for money. All wireless technologies transmit and receive information across airwaves known as the radio spectrum, an increasingly crowded resource essential for services from mobile phones to wireless internet and TV Continue reading →
Energy researchers are considering the potential of military bases for providing supplemental power to vital civil services when crises occur. “Microgrids on military bases linked to local emergency services could make those services more secure,” said Cmdr. Mike Hallett, U.S. Navy Reserve, during a panel discussion, Oct. 2, at GridWeek. The group looked at threats Continue reading →
Elster Solutions announced today that Whitehall Electric Utility selected Elster’s EnergyAxis® system for its hosted Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) deployment. Whitehall services both electricity and water consumers and is the first of WPPI Energy’s member utilities to enroll in the hosted AMI service offered by WPPI Energy. WPPI is a regional power company with 51 Continue reading →
International research firm Parks Associates today announced the dates and topics for the fourth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The executive conference, hosted February 25-27, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas, with support from early sponsors EcoFactor, Hitachi, and Qualcomm, examines the convergence of energy, security, and home controls as multiple channels are now competing Continue reading →
International research firm Parks Associates today announced the dates and topics for the fourth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The executive conference, hosted February 25-27, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas, with support from early sponsors EcoFactor, Hitachi, and Qualcomm, examines the convergence of energy, security, and home controls as multiple channels are now competing Continue reading →
