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Tag: SmartGrid
IEEE Introduces New Smart Grid Standards
Aiming to facilitate development and foster deployment of smart grid technology, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) announced five new standards and a modified-standards development project. The new standards add new “dimensions into…
Finley Engineering Announces Management Changes
February 3, 2012 — Lamar, Mo. — Finley Engineering, a leading end-to-end consulting engineering firm with interests in the telecommunications and utility industries, will be undergoing key management changes after the announcement that Rod Christenson,…
Report: Smart Grid To Fuel Social Media Use
Social media are already playing an increasingly large role in companies’ marketing and communications strategies and activities, and the use of social media is going to surge as utilities become increasingly customer, and demand-side, oriented…
Cellular Communications Supports Michigan Smart Grid Project
One of the largest U.S. deployments of cellular connectivity to support smart grid communications is underway at Consumers Energy, which serves about 1.8 million customers in Michigan, including some sparsely populated areas. The company’s territory…
Michigan SmartGrid Project Leverages Public Cellular Network
Michigan’s Consumers Energy has chosen SmartSynch to provide the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for its smart grid and meter modernization program, which will extend across all its 1.8 million customers in Michigan, according to a…
GE Debuts Smart Grid-as-a-Service
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is a component of the burgeoning cloud computing industry and GE is adding some heft to it’s value proposition by introducing a smart grid-as-a-service offer. Officially called GridIQ Solutions as a Service, GE…
Cellular Networks Gaining Favor from Utilities for SmartGrid
Utilities are increasingly using public cellular networks to support the real-time data communications of smart grid systems deployments, according to a report from Pike Research. The ubiquity, increasing data capacity, throughput and responsiveness of public…
Verizon Continues its Move into the SmartGrid
CellReader, Trilliant’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology for commercial and industrial (C&I) utility metering, has been certified as compatible with the Verizon Wireless network, the telecompetitor announced. Utilities are a growing source of business for…
AT&T Partners With Digi On The Smart Grid
AT&T appears to have put a lot of thought into its announcement today about a new partnership with Digi International involving the smart grid—perhaps an indication of how seriously the carrier is taking the smart…
IEE, In-Stat See Bright Future for Smart Meters
Virtually any type of utility company could generate operational savings over the next 20 years by deploying smart meters, according to a new white paper from the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) titled “The Costs…
Vermont Telco, Power Utilities Partner for 4G LTE Powered Smart Grid Project
A new agreement between two utility companies, communications service provider Vtel and 17 partners in Vermont illustrates the smart grid synergies that the telecom and power industries can achieve if they work together. A news…
Comcast’s Home Security Expansion Accentuates Opportunities
When communications service providers talk about “multi-play” services, one of the options they usually focus on is home security—and as an announcement from Comcast today reveals, home security may be one of the more promising…