Atlantic City Electric Receives Approval to Build Smart Energy Network in South Jersey
July 15, 2021
Atlantic City Electric has received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to build a Smart Energy Network across the company's entire South Jersey service area, including upgrading the local energy grid and installing smart meters to enhance local energy grid reliability and resiliency and improve the customer experience.
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Meter Asset Provider SMS Secures One Million Smart Meters From Aclara for UK
June 16, 2021
The introduction of dual-band functionality offered by SciFlo is a critical step forward in the rollout of second-generation (SMETS2) smart meters. The technology could potentially unlock approximately 25 percent of the total UK housing stock that currently experiences connectivity issues, such as flats and homes with thick walls, enabling millions more homes to benefit from smart metering.
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GMP Pilot Program to Use the Span Smart Panel as Replacement for Traditional Meters
April 22, 2021
GMP is the first utility in the country to work with Span to offer the Span Smart Panel. The panel replaces the traditional home electric panel, and will give customers an easy way to understand and control energy use from anywhere. The smart panel is designed to do more than a traditional home panel, including replacing the meter to also measure energy use.
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Landis+Gyr Secures Major Contract With Partner EDF to Deliver 650,000 SMETS2 Meters
January 27, 2021
Landis+Gyr recently announced that it has secured an additional major contract through its partnership with EDF. The agreement builds on the existing relationship between the two companies, and will see Landis+Gyr provide a further 650,000 SMETS2 gas and electricity meters by June 2025, following the initial order of 500,000 meters.
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ConnectDER Granted U.S. Patent for Innovations to their Industry-Leading Plug and Play Distributed Energy Resource Connection
January 19, 2021
The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter; one that combines the ubiquitous metering and communications of a smart meter with a plug and socket interface for solar power, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems. The new meter will benefit homeowners and utilities alike by cutting installation costs, providing seamless communication between the DER and the grid operator, and ensuring DERs are metered and compensated accurately for their contribution to grid stability - allowing for significantly more clean energy on the grid.
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City of Columbus, Ohio Upgrades to Smart Utility Network from Sensus
January 15, 2021
Both the city's Division of Water and Division of Power will share an integrated communication network.The technology upgrade will accurately measure water and electricity consumption, and rapidly detect leaks or power outages for over 1.2 million residents in and around Ohio's capital city.
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Atlantic City Electric Takes Critical Step in Advancing Clean Energy Future with Smart Energy Network Proposal
August 27, 2020
Atlantic City Electric has proposed a major project to modernize and enhance the energy grid across its service area in southern New Jersey. In a recent filing (August 26) with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), the company outlined its plans to build a Smart Energy Network across the company's entire service area, including installing smart meters, also referred to as advanced metering infrastructure, and upgrading the local energy grid with specialized networking equipment.
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IPL Selects Landis+Gyr for Advanced Metering Expansion and IoT Capable Network
May 14, 2020
The contract includes the addition of 350,000 advanced meters and updated network infrastructure to IPL's existing AMI program. Landis+Gyr will continue to provide network and meter management services, along with software hosting. IPL also utilizes Landis+Gyr's meter data management system, advanced load management system and operating software.
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Colorado PUC to Evaluate Xcel Energy's Proposal for Residential Time-of-Use Rates
April 14, 2020
Xcel's proposal, filed on Dec. 2, would make a modified TOU rate schedule the default rate schedule for all residential customers once Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meter deployment is completed in their area. The company said it plans to start deployment of smart meters in the second quarter of 2021, and have all residential meters swapped out by the end of 2024.
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Landis+Gyr Selected by HK Electric For AMI Roll Out
April 1, 2020
The contract includes the deployment of Landis+Gyr's Gridstream solution platform comprising Landis+Gyr smart meters, communications infrastructure, head-end system and meter data management system over the next two years. Additionally, the contract provides an opportunity to help HK Electric optimize the value of its grid assets by leveraging Landis+Gyr's Advanced Grid Analytics for selected use cases.
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Eltel Installs 236,000 Smart Meters in Sweden For EUR 22 Million
March 24, 2020
The project is the first of Vattenfall's four phases to replace and install a total of about 900,000 electricity meters in Sweden in order to meet new requirements from both the EU and the Swedish government by 1 January 2025. The scope includes planning, installation and logistics of new and old meters, and related infrastructure.
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Utilidata Secures Rights to Technology for Bringing Real-Time Operational Controls to the Grid Edge
March 18, 2020
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory with funding from DOE's Advanced Research Projects - Energy program, the Real-time Optimal Power Flow (RT-OPF) technology enables highly localized load control, enabling seamless integration of distributed energy resources. Utilidata plans to embed this technology, along with its existing voltage optimization technology and virtual power flow model, into smart meters, unlocking new potential for grid edge control.
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Grid4C Collaborates with Itron to Embed AI-Powered Analytics into Smart Meters at the Grid Edge
February 19, 2020
Grid4C is collaborating with Itron to embed its predictive analytics software solutions within Itron Riva smart meters to solve the industry's next generation use cases in real-time. The solution will utilize Itron's Distributed Intelligence platform, standard on every Itron Riva meter, which is designed to provide a secure compute environment, application management and real-time data delivery to enable edge processing and real-time insights.
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Tacoma Public Utilities Selects Sensus for Advanced Meter Project
January 28, 2020
Tacoma's advanced meter project will be comprised of Stratus IQ electricity meters, a variety of Sensus water meters including iPERL and ally and the FlexNet communication network. The FlexNet two-way system provides real-time customer usage data from advanced meters and sensors to the utility over FCC-licensed spectrum.
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Changes from the previous program include no limit on program capacity, no program end date, and no specified contract length. With the relaunch of the Net Metering program, there will no longer be a Government of Saskatchewan rebate on capital equipment and installations across the province.
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El Paso Electric Company recently announced the release of its request for proposal for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI or smart meter) and meter data management system (MDMS) to evaluate the best options available to provide a modern, customer-centric solution that will improve customer service and reliability, provide better customer programs and services, and spur greater sustainability and regional economic development.
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Landis+Gyr has released a first-of-its-kind advanced meter with an integrated remote service switch to safely manage 320 ampere residential applications.
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TEPCO Power Grid, Inc., Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have agreed to jointly conduct a demonstration project to develop a next generation metering platform in area D of the Shalun Green Energy Science City in R.O.C.
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