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Smart prepayment in Great Britain set to mark a new era The rollout of smart meters should help to provide major improvements in prepayment, bringing important benefits to users, including greater convenience and flexibility from new ways to add credit, new services and lower prices, according to a new report from the think tank, Sustainability First. ... more
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China’s State Grid Corp. to accelerate building of electric vehicle charging stations
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has announced plans to accelerate the building of electric vehicle charging stations in 27 cities in 2010. ... more
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City of San Marcos selects MDM solution
The City of San Marcos has signed an agreement to acquire NorthStar Utilities Solutions’ MeterSense meter data management (MDM) solution, to further advance the City's smart metering project. ... more |
BC Hydro selects distribution management solution
BC Hydro has selected IT company Telvent’s Distribution Management System (DMS), the company has announced. ... more
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Zenaida G.
Cruz-Ducut,
Chairperson,
ERC
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Draft rules for feed-in tariff in Philippines released
The Philippines regulator, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has released draft rules for a feed-in tariff for renewable energy projects. ... more
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| Featured White Paper |
Smart Metering for Electric and Gas Utilities
Utilities are seeking ways to keep electricity affordable despite rising demand that creates upward price pressures. Some jurisdictions have meter regulations that make it impractical to use a single meter for both gas and electricity. Removing those restrictions can increase the use of smart metering for gas and electric utilities. Oracle's staff of utility experts can provide extensive advice and guidance on smart metering pilots and projects.
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| Featured Product |
| Products and services A featured product of Texas Instruments TI's comprehensive utility metering portfolio includes devices targeted at electricity, water and gas metering, as well as power line communications (PLC) and radio frequency (RF) interfaces for automated meter reading (AMR) that allow customers to design "smart metering" solutions. As part of a smart solution, previously independent systems like meters, home thermostats and large appliances will communicate wirelessly or over existing power lines to help consumers make more informed choices about electricity. www.ti.com/metering
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| Opinion Piece |
| AMI and the home area network Keen techno watchers cannot
fail to have noticed the glut
of new home management
products, from displays and
web-based dashboards to apps
for smart phones for control
in the home and on the move.
Yes, the era of the home area
network (HAN) is upon us and
energy management, facilitated
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| Regional Editors |
| Smart Energy East Coast – another home run hitter captures the New York market While many eyes were turned to the baseball world series taking place in New York City on October 27-28, 2009, the Smart Energy East Coast Conference was hitting a few home runs of its own that week. As the Yankees were in the midst of capturing their 27th world series, Spintelligent and its outstanding lineup of speakers and corporate sponsors were winning an equally important title in providing what many agreed was the best industry forum for discussion of critical smart grid issues on the East Coast this year. ... more |
| People in the News |
| Andres Carvallo to join Grid Net Austin Energy CIO and chief architect of the company’s smart grid Andres Carvallo is to join smart grid and smart home software platform provider Grid Net as executive vice president and chief strategy officer. ... more |
| Column: ZigBee Alliance |
| ZigBee® in 2009 Perspectives and retrospectives are clichéd at this time of year, but there are real reasons to assess the state and direction of ZigBee in the coming year. We believe 2009 will be the year of ZigBee. Maybe Time will name ZigBee “Person of the Year” and feature a big, round and red Z on its cover. ... more |
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