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Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Installs 3M ACCR To Boost Capacity On Line Near San Antonio
2/8/2012
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) in south central Texas has become the nation's first rural electric cooperative to install the advanced overhead transmission conductor, 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (3M ACCR)
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Cuculus Selected For Largest Belgian Smart Metering Deployment
2/2/2012
Cuculus GmbH, a developer of smart metering and home control solutions, has been selected to supply its ZONOS platform to Eandis and Infrax's for their roll-out of 61,000 meters in Belgium. Eandis is a Belgium based operator of grids for the supply of electricity and natural gas
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Regulatory Policy Continues To Limit Growth Of Competitive Electricity Markets, According To Pike Research
1/31/2012
Significant changes in the regulatory structure of the 125-year-old electric utility industry have allowed for competitive sales of electricity by a new set of restructured retail power sellers and service providers
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OSIsoft Announces Its Selection As A Technology Provider To The Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s Western Interconnection Synchrophasor Program
1/25/2012
OSIsoft, LLC the leader in real-time data infrastructure solutions, today announced its selection as one of the technology providers to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC) Western Interconnection Synchrophasor Program (WISP)
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Charles River Associates (CRA) Assists Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative With Economic Consulting And Electricity Modeling In Eastern U.S. Electrical Grid Report
1/23/2012
Charles River Associates, a worldwide leader in providing management, economic, and financial consulting services, today announced that consultants in the firm's Energy & Environment Practice assisted the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) with economic consulting and electricity modeling as EIPC completed Phase 1 of an assessment of the potential future needs of the electric transmission infrastructure in the Eastern United States under a variety of different energy policies
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PECO Invests More Than $60M In New Philadelphia Substation
1/18/2012
PECO has invested more than $60M in the newly-constructed Peltz substation to improve electric service reliability and meet the growing energy needs of customers in portions of Center City and University City in Philadelphia. Construction of the new substation began in December 2009
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Russia’s MOESK Utility Installs 3M ACCR To Upgrade Key Transmission Line Serving A Moscow District
1/18/2012
The electricity transmission unit of MOESK Company (Moscow United Electric Grid Company) has installed the 3M ACCR overhead conductor to upgrade a line serving a densely populated southern district of Moscow to avoid the need for larger towers or an expanded right of way
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North Carolina’s Wake Electric Membership Corporation Deploys A Smarter Grid With Sensus Communication Network Technology
1/13/2012
Wake Electric Membership Corporation (Wake Electric) of Wake Forest, North Carolina has begun implementing a Sensus FlexNet advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for its more than 35,000 members in a seven-county area surrounding the state's capital of Raleigh
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BPA And PGE Continue Discussing Potential Collaboration On Transmission Project
1/12/2012
The Bonneville Power Administration and Portland General Electric have identified terms and conditions to be addressed in connection with their discussions concerning joint development of PGE's proposed Cascade Crossing Transmission Project
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Global Smart Grid Market To Invest $2 Trillion By 2030, Peaking At $155bn In 2018, Predicts Memoori Research
1/11/2012
By 2018 the world pure Smart Grid business will need to be running at $155 billion, some 50% larger than the current annual expenditure for all electrical transmission and distribution equipment
