Managing precious resource to produce energy and reducing carbon emissions require leading edge solutions to understand all aspects of energy production and its delivery, its use by customers and finally, its financial reconciliation with revenue completeness.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s residential smart meters are consistent with industry standards and are performing accurately, but the company’s practices with respect to customer service and complaint handling processes are partially non-compliant relative to industry best practices.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has awarded a €40 million sovereign loan to the Serbian state owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) to upgrade the electricity system and install smart meters.
An “Intelligent Energy System” pilot has been launched in Singapore, with the aim to test and evaluate new applications and technologies around a smart grid.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) have started work to jointly develop a facility smart grid information model standard that will provide a common basis for electrical energy consumers to describe, manage and communicate about electrical energy consumptions and forecasts.
Philip Mezey, Senior Vice President and COO, Itron North America
Itron Inc. and Cisco have entered into an alliance to deliver a definitive 21st century Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications platform to the smart grid market and help advance more consistent and reliable delivery of energy across the electric distribution system and into homes and businesses.
New Zealand’s transmission grid owner Transpower has initiated discussions with interested parties on a multi-million dollar demand side initiative in the upper North Island to help defer investment in new assets.
Enbridge Gas New Brunswick is to purchase and install automated meter reading (AMR) devices on all existing and future natural gas meters to help improve operational efficiency and enhance customer service.
Colorado Springs Utilities has selected Ecologic Analytics’ meter data management system (MDMS) to further enhance its local distribution network of more than 535,000 electric, gas and water endpoints for approximately 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers.
New Zealand energy company Genesis Energy has adopted Gentrack’s Time of Use (TOU) billing system, giving the utility one integrated system for billing all residential, small and medium enterprise (SME) and large commercial customers, the company has announced.
Two smart grid companies, OPOWER and Tendril, have been named by the World Economic Forum among its new class of Technology Pioneers, comprising 31 of what the body regards as the most innovative technology start-ups from around the world, representing the cutting edge in innovation and poised to have a critical impact on the future of business, industry and society.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has announced the formation of a SmartMeter™ Technical Advisory Panel comprising experts, regulators, business stakeholders and customers to help guide the project rollout and ensure it follows best practices for customers.
Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) has entered into an agreement with smart grid solution provider Silver Spring Networks to build its smart grid platform for deployment in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Region.
By 2020 demand will play an active part in the process of system balancing and market price formation in Ireland’s single electricity market, according to a new consultation paper from the island’s regulatory authorities.
The Tasmanian state government’s new common services corporation, Onstream, has awarded a contract to water billing and CRM solution developer Gentrack to deploy its billing and CRM software.
In order to reduce line losses and to prevent theft of electricity, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam plans to implement the latest remote automatic metering system for large industrial consumers.
Ford has entered into partnerships with Portland General Electric in Portland and the City of Seattle to develop consumer outreach and education programs on electric vehicles as well as share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand.
WWF-UK has become the latest organization to weigh in on water metering in Great Britain, calling for the new government and water companies to take action now to ensure that water meters are installed nationwide by 2020.
Germany is one of the front-runners in the current EU-wide smart metering implemention with the country busy clearing the way for the nationwide uptake of smart metering.
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