ElectricNet News

Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Installs 3M ACCR To Boost Capacity On Line Near San Antonio

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT

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)

Telvent Selected To Provide Integrated Weather And Smart Grid Solutions To Accurately Predict Electrical Load

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:44:00 GMT

Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that Progress Energy has chosen its innovative Smart Grid Solutions technologies in combination with Telvent's industry-leading weather forecasts in order to dynamically and more accurately predict load for its distribution system and optimize its energy efficiency programs

Ambient Smart Grid Communications Platform Helps Reduce Cost Of Utility Outages

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:23:00 GMT

Ambient Corporation (NASDAQ: AMBT), a leading provider of flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announced today that it has successfully extended the integration of its communications Network Management System, AmbientNMS� into an industry standard Distribution and Outage Management System (DOMS)

TransmissionHub Launches TransForum Texas

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:00 GMT

To enable the electric transmission industry in Texas to gather and discuss its most critical issues, Energy Central's TransmissionHub today announced a new conference called TransForum Texas

Energy Department To Launch New Energy Innovation Hub Focused On Advanced Batteries And Energy Storage

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:00 GMT

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced recently plans to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub for advanced research on batteries and energy storage with an investment of up to $120M over five years

Alstom Grid Wins 500 kV Substation Project Using Gas-Insulated Technology To Reinforce Tajikistan's Electricity Network

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:48:00 GMT

Alstom Grid has been awarded a contract worth more than ?30 million with the Tajikistan National Utility Barki Tajik, to design and deliver a 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project to the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant (Nurek HPP) - the first ever project to use 500 kV Gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology in Central Asia

ABB Wins Substations Order With Hydro One In Canada

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:02:00 GMT

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a major order from Hydro One Networks Inc., the power transmission and distribution utility of the Canadian province of Ontario, to supply an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with air-insulated switchgear and associated transmission infrastructure.

Con Edison Selects Siemens And TIBCO To Provide A Smart Grid Integration Solution

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:58:00 GMT

Siemens Smart Grid Division and TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) will provide proven Smart Grid enterprise integration services to Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) for a Smart Grid demonstration project

SPP Approves $1.7B In Transmission Expansion Projects

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:00 GMT

In keeping with its 2010 Strategic Plan to build a robust transmission system and develop efficient energy markets, the Southwest Power Pool board of directors approved a near-term transmission expansion plan that will result in the construction of $251 million in new transmission projects needed to maintain reliable supplies of electricity across its nine-state region

Cisco Builds Upon Smart Grid Portfolio To Help Modernize The Electric Grid

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:34:00 GMT

Cisco CSCO +0.51% today announced additional solutions and services to its Connected Grid portfolio that will help utilities modernize the electric grid with built-in flexibility, security and interoperability enabled by the power of the network

Cuculus Selected For Largest Belgian Smart Metering Deployment

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

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

AEP Ohio Awarded For Industry Advancements

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:40:00 GMT

AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power, has been recognized for the implementation of a project designed to integrate innovative technologies and new consumer products and services

Infocast's 15th Annual Transmission Summit East Returns

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:42:00 GMT

Infocast will hold their upcoming 15th Annual Transmission Summit East on February 29-March 2, 2012 at the Almas Temple Club in Washington, D.C. This event will explore the challenges and the latest issues driving the transmission industry, including the release of Order No. 1000, as well as how numerous rulemakings will affect the operation, makeup and financing of the transmission system

ABB Wins $250M Power Orders In Saudi Arabia To Expand Grid Capacity

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:29:00 GMT

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth more than $250M from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia's national power transmission and distribution operator, to construct new substations and reinforce existing ones, to help address the growing demand for electricity

Regulatory Policy Continues To Limit Growth Of Competitive Electricity Markets, According To Pike Research

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT

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

Chosen Route Is Best For Susquehanna-Roseland Project, Utilities Say

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:36:00 GMT

The utilities' chosen route for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission project is the best alternative for the power line needed by millions of electric customers in the region, the companies building the project told the National Park Service in formal comments filed today

Alstom Grid To Renew Control System For Key High Voltage Direct Current Link In North American Electrical Network

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:47:00 GMT

Alstom Grid has been selected by ATCO Electric, for the replacement and upgrade of control equipment at the McNeill Converter Station near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Aclara Announces Support For Green Button Initiative And Will Offer Usage Data To Eight Million Utility Customers

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:06:00 GMT

Aclara announces that in April it will turn on support for the Green Button initiative at 21 major utilities in 22 states.

OSIsoft Announces Its Selection As A Technology Provider To The Western Electricity Coordinating Council's Western Interconnection Synchrophasor Program

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:04:00 GMT

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)

The City Of Lebanon Selects Mueller Systems For Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:02:00 GMT

The City of Lebanon, Ohio has selected Mueller Systems, a leading provider of innovative water infrastructure products and services and technologically advanced metering systems for water, electric and gas systems, to upgrade its combined water and electric infrastructure with a state-of-the-art advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network