Metering.com - 2007

Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:00:00 +0100

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22 - 24 September 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Contact: Rick Wall
Tel: +31 346 590 901
Fax: +31 346 590 601
Email: rick@synergy-events.com

Metering, Billing/CRM India

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:00:00 +0100

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14 - 16 October 2008
Mumbai, India

Contact: Julia Former
Tel: +27 21 700 3500 (international) or 718 841 7109 (US)
Fax: +27 21 700 3501 (international) or 413 487 6276 (US)
Email: julia@spintelligent.com

Smart Metering East Coast

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:00:00 +0100

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27 - 28 October 2008
Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Contact: Ryan Matthews
Tel: +27 21 700 3500 (international) or 718 841 7109 (US)
Fax: +27 21 700 3501 (international) or 413 487 6276 (US)
Email: ryan.matthews@spintelligent.com

Smart Grids Latin America

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:00:00 +0100

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26 - 27 November 2008
Santiago, Chile

Contact: Emmanuelle Nicholls
Tel: +27 21 700 3500 (international) or 718 841 7109 (US)
Fax: +27 21 700 3501 (international) or 413 487 6276 (US)
Email: emmanuelle@spintelligent.com

Best Practices for Multi-Family Highrise Smart Metering Implementation

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:42:39 +0100

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Conference: Smart Metering Canada
Location: Toronto, Canada
Presenter: Bob Myers
Abstract: Presented by Bob Myers at Smart Metering Canada

Business Efficiency Solutions Overview

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:45:04 +0100

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DSTi’s Business Efficiency Solutions allows you to build in and customise your own business processes into the system and drive it across the organisation through effective work management.

DST International Rolls Out HiAffinity to Africa

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:18:20 +0100

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Johannesburg, South Africa – DST International South Africa (DSTi SA) – the leader in the development and implementation of smart software solutions, specifically focussed on Asset Management, Business Process Management, Utility Billing and Document Management, today announced that it has further expanded its product suite offering to the sub-Saharan and South African markets to include HiAffinity – a comprehensive range of software solutions for utility service providers.

Energy Act promotes smart grid

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:02:53 +0100

:NODATE:[img:american-flag-2a.thumbnail.jpg| ]Washington, DC, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 31, 2007 - The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that was signed into law by U.S. President George Bush just before Christmas supports the modernization of the nation's electricity transmission and distribution system in the form of a smart grid and the deployment of “smart” metering and other technologies.

Compulsory water meters for Prince George

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:35:02 +0100

:NODATE:[img:Logo_CityPGeorge.thumbnail.gif| ]Prince George, BC, Canada --- (METERING.COM) --- December 27, 2007 - Water meters will be compulsory for new dwellings developed in the City of Prince George effective January 1, 2008, the City government has decided.

According to the City, providing homes in new subdivisions with meters and water-conservation devices means extending the life of existing water facilities and delaying future costs for improvements.

Energy efficiency central to new energy plan in Argentina

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:08:44 +0100

:NODATE:[img:argentina.thumbnail.jpg|Cristina Fernández
at the launch
of the new
energy plan]Buenos Aires, Argentina --- (METERING.COM) --- December 27, 2007- Energy efficiency and the rational use of energy are the cornerstones of a new energy plan announced by the Argentine government.

The PRONUREE (Programa de Uso Racional y Eficiente de la Energía) program, launched by Argentina’s president Cristina Fernández on December 21 and expected to be legislated this week, was designated a national priority, with all sectors of society called upon to be more rational and efficient in their use of energy in order to add competitive quality to the country’s economy and therefore to provide benefit to all.

U.S. states failing on net metering

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:28:40 +0100

:NODATE:[img:NNEC%20%282%29_0.gif| ]New York, NY, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2007 - While 39 of the 50 states in the U.S. have adopted statewide net metering programs, enabling compensation for consumers who own grid-tied renewable energy systems, the majority are failing to provide easy access to the electrical grid for these systems and only four states are doing their best to assure that the owners of such systems earn credit for power fed into the grid.

New agreement will lower rates and establish regulator in Cayman Islands

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:16:08 +0100

:NODATE:[img:CUC_0.jpg| ]Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2007 - A new operating agreement between the Cayman Islands’ Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd (CUC) and the territory’s government will lead to average residential consumer rate reductions in excess of 15 percent and the establishment of an electricity regulator.

The agreement covers new 20 year licenses for the CUC for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Grand Cayman. The terms include competition for future generating capacity and general promotion of the use of renewable sources of energy.

SCE selects OpenWay AMI solution

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:12:27 +0100

:NODATE:[img:Lynda_0.jpg|Lynda Ziegler,
Senior VP,
Customer Service,
SCE]Rosemead, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2007 - Southern California Edison (SCE) is to deploy Itron’s OpenWay™ meter and communications system as part of its Edison SmartConnect metering program.

OpenWay is a standards-based, open architecture smart metering solution that features two-way wireless communication, and is aimed at meeting a broad set of customer energy management requirements, such as real-time energy communication to thermostats, information displays and energy smart appliances using ZigBee technology.

Ofwat proposes competition boost to benefit consumers

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:12:26 +0100

:NODATE:[img:Keith%20%282%29_0.gif|Keith Mason,
Director,
Ofwat,
Regulatory Finance
and Competition].London, U.K. --- (METERING.COM) --- December 21, 2007 - U.K. water and sewerage economic regulator Ofwat has proposed boosting competition in the water market by increasing the number of non-household customers eligible to benefit from competition and amending pricing aspects of the water supply licensing regime.

Ontario businesses can help meet energy conservation targets

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:38:37 +0100

:NODATE:[img:AdamWhite_150.thumbnail.jpg|Adam White,
Executive Director,
AMPCO]Toronto, ON, Canada --- (METERING.COM) --- December 20, 2007 - With changes in government policy, regulation and incentives, the significant potential of Ontario's business consumers to help achieve the provincial government's ambitious energy conservation targets could be unlocked, according to the Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO).