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With more than 175 million energy meters using ADI’s technology deployed worldwide, Analog Devices has delivered more energy measurement solutions than any other semiconductor company. Superior in quality, reliability, and performance, Analog Devices’ ADE energy metering ICs combine analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with fixed-function digital signal processors (DSPs) to perform crit... more

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Smart metering and demand response pilot starts in Washington DC

The PowerCentsDC(TM) residential smart meter and smart pricing pilot, where 1,200 customers will use a combination of technology and innovative rate structures to reduce electricity usage, has been launched in Washington, DC.

 

 

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<em>Hilary Benn,<br /> U.K. Secretary of <br />State for <br />Environment, Food<br /> and Rural Affairs</em>
Hilary Benn,
U.K. Secretary of
State for
Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs
U.K. government to consider widespread water metering

The U.K. government has announced that it is currently commissioning an independent review to provide advice on widespread water metering and charging, with a particular focus on the social, economic and environmental concerns.

 

 
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<em>Nathan Rees, <br />Water Minister, <br />NSW</em>
Nathan Rees,
Water Minister,
NSW
New meters for New South Wales water resources

The New South Wales government is to spend $131 million (US$125 million) installing and replacing 9,500 water meters for groundwater sources, unregulated rivers and streams in the Murray-Darling Basin.

 
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Iberdrola completes definition of open telecommunication architecture for AMI and smart grid

Spanish utility group Iberdrola has completed the definition of its public, open and non-proprietary power line communication (PLC) telecommunications architecture to support smart metering and smart grid evolution.

 

 
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<em>Emily Lloyd,<br /> Commissioner,<br /> New York City DEP</em>
Emily Lloyd,
Commissioner,
New York City DEP
New York City to install water AMI

New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has selected the Aclara STAR® Network system, one of the Aclara-brand technologies of ESCO Technologies Inc., as its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology.

 
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Portland General Electric – AMI is only the beginning

<em>Joel Westvold,<br />AMI director,<br />Portland General<br />Electric</em>
Joel Westvold,
AMI director,
Portland General
Electric
For Portland General Electric the efforts to deploy AMI are only the beginning and it sets the foundation for a broad array of customer services and cost reduction opportunities that will continue to be developed and deployed long after the system is deployed, says the utility’s AMI director, Joel Westvold.

 

 
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The Squirrely
A featured product of HJ Arnett Industries
A fast, inexpensive and safe way to prevent outages caused by squirrels, birds and rodents without de-energizing.
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Opinion Piece
If some is good … then more must be better?
Compos Mentis


If data is information, and if more information is always good, then more data is always better. Wait, that can’t be true! Too much data can swamp any system. Too much data can obscure the information embedded in it unless there is a means for recognising useful data and culling out meaningless data.

 

 
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Regional Editors
Indian electricity metering - dumb to smart meters - the journey thus far
Sundar Rao Proper

India has been able to achieve high economic growth rates, averaging around 8% p.a., over the past couple of years. There is a need to achieve even better figures – preferably around 10% – in the power sector in the country, because the Indian government has committed itself to provide power to all by 2012.

 
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People in the News
New vice president appointments at Sensus

William T. Yeates has joined Sensus Metering Systems as Vice President of its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Electric business unit and George Uram has been appointed Vice President, Industry and Regulatory Affairs.

 
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Column: ZigBee Alliance
Wireless home automation with ZigBee

Imagine stumbling into your kitchen first thing on a hectic weekday morning. Your kitchen recognizes your presence and awakens with you. Lights come on over the sink and microwave, but not the stove. The kitchen knows you don’t cook in the morning. The coffee maker kicks on.

 
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