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David Robinson, Senior Adviser, Brattle Group
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Energy efficiency needs incentives Electricity and gas suppliers in most retail markets have a clear profit incentive to promote increased consumption of energy, but with the right incentives these companies would be able and willing to promote efficient energy use and conservation. ... more
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Mavela Dlamini, City Manager
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Judgment condemning prepayment water meters to be appealed
A Johannesburg High Court judge ruled last week that the deployment of prepayment (pay-as-you-go) meters in a low-income neighborhood was unconstitutional and discriminatory, but the City of Johannesburg has elected to appeal the ruling ... more
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Baltimore Gas and Electric pilots AMI system
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management to leverage state-of-the-art, enterprise-level software as part of the utility’s pilot of an advanced metering initiative to enhance customer service and encourage energy efficiency ... more |
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Dick Kelly, Chairman, President & CEO, Xcel Energy
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Xcel Energy begins work on SmartGridCity
Xcel Energy has announced that the design phase is complete, equipment is ordered and construction has started on its SmartGridCity project ... more
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Tom Standish, Group President for Regulated Operations, CenterPoint Energy
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CenterPoint Energy appoints AMI technology provider
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s electric transmission and distribution utility has signed an agreement with Itron Inc. for deployment of OpenWay® advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology in the Houston area ... more
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