The Peninsula Light Company in Washington, also known as PenLight, will use the Verizon Grid Wide Utility Services Intelligent Energy platform in a smart grid deployment. The carrier will provide PenLight with electric meters with cellular connectivity to 33,000 members…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $43.7 million in funding for rural smart grid projects. The USDA smart grid funding was part of a broader announcement of a total of $398.5 million to improve rural electric service in 13 states….
The latest rural electric cooperative broadband deployment comes from California-based Anza Electric Cooperative. The company is deploying fiber-to-the-premises and initially will offer symmetrical service at 50 Mbps but eventually expects to increase to gigabit speeds, said Anza General Manager Kevin…
Chattanooga, TN (January 12, 2016) – Chattanooga’s Smart Grid, operated by EPB, has become the first major power distribution system to earn Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewal (PEER) certification. Owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), PEER is…
Verizon is making a bold, strategic move to expand its presence among utilities looking to or already deploying smart grid technology and systems. The telecom carrier on July 29 announced the launch of Grid Wide Utility Solutions, a platform-as-a-service that…
City governments and mid-size utilities will be the initial focus of a machine-to-machine (M2M) partnership between AT&T and IBM announced yesterday. AT&T’s contribution will be its M2M “globally accessible” network as well as devices and SIM cards for use on…
Smart metering and smart grid members of the Zigbee Alliance are joining together to develop a communication profile that will provide utilities “true plug-and-play interoperability between the members’ wireless smart grid Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) products and solutions.” NANs are…
Alabama-based Opelika Power Services is the latest utility company to make the decision to deploy fiber communications infrastructure to support both smart grid applications and multi-play residential services including voice, video and data. The company said yesterday it will use…
Smart grid industry participants and proponents are racing ahead of public awareness and comprehension when it comes to new smart grid investments, infrastructure and deployments in the US, according to results of a new customer survey from Pike Research. Nearly…
Raleigh, NC – July 17, 2012 – Tantalus, a leading provider of Smart Grid communications, today announced that Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) has selected Tantalus as the technology platform for a fiber-based smart grid solution. Tantalus’ communications technology will support…
Lake Saint Louis, Mo., May 9, 2012 National Information Solutions Cooperative, an IT and software solution provider to more than 650 community-owned utilities and telephone organizations, has been selected by Great River Energy, a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op…
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