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  • PG&E Selects Aclara to Provide Smart Meter Data Access

    Aclara Software - May 12, 2008

    Aclara Software™ has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to provide its customers with access to data being generated by smart meters. The selection supports PG&E’s ambitious Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) initiative, under which PG&E has stated its intentions to deploy nine million smart meters to its electric and gas customers.
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  • ESCO Announces Additional AMI Orders at PG&E

    Aclara RF Systems (STAR Network) - May 7, 2008

    ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE) announced that subsequent to the quarter ended March 31, 2008, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has placed follow-on orders for an additional 100,000 Aclara RF electric and an additional 119,000 Aclara RF gas advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) products for PG&E's SmartMeter™ Program. The total value of these April 2008 orders was $11.1 million.
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  • OPUC Approves PGE Investment in Smart Meter Technology

    PORTLAND, Ore., May 06, 2008 -- BUSINESS WIRE

    Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) today received approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) to install more than 850,000 next-generation electrical meters to help the utility and its customers manage energy use, enhance customer service and reduce operating expenses.
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  • Augusta Systems Releases EdgeFrontier v4.0

    Augusta Systems, Inc. - May 6, 2008

    Augusta Systems Inc., provider of intelligent enterprise network technologies, announced the release of EdgeFrontier v4.0, the latest version of the company's industry-leading middleware for building and managing intelligent networks, systems and applications featuring data from edge assets -- including sensors, actuators, wireless sensor networks, RFID systems, imagery devices and other edge systems and devices.
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  • CenterPoint Energy Files to Deploy Up to 250,000 Interactive Meters; Meters Would Enable Retail Electric Providers to Offer Consumers Innovative Products and Services

    HOUSTON, May 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --

    CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE:CNP) electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, today filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) an Advanced Metering System (AMS) initial deployment plan.
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  • E SOURCE Launches Intelligent Grid Service for Utilities

    E Source Companies, LLC - May 1, 2008

    E SOURCE today announced the June launch of the E SOURCE Intelligent Grid Service, introducing advanced metering and smart grid research and advisory solutions to its utility-focused offerings. This new service is designed to make it easier for utilities to implement intelligent grid projects by providing guidance on business case development, technology selection, and project execution.
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  • Itron Releases Enterprise Edition Meter Data Management Version 6.0

    Itron - May 1, 2008

    Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today the release of Itron Enterprise Edition™ Meter Data Management version 6.0. IEE MDM is the market leading solution for the collection, validation, calculation, and management of utility metering data for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), automated metering (AMR), and commercial and industrial metering deployments.
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  • TRILLIANT AND MOTOROLA INTRODUCE IDEN®-BASED COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS FOR ADVANCED ENERGY METERS

    Trilliant Networks, Inc. - April 30, 2008

    Trilliant Incorporated, the industry’s leading provider of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) based on open standards, and Motorola, Inc. today announced co-developed advanced meter communications solutions for iDEN® public and private utility customers. These real-time solutions allow utility companies to better service customers and reduce expenses with flexible and scalable solutions that can be integrated with other technologies and applications to meet the evolving needs of the utilities market.
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  • Telemetric Announces Support of GE kV2c Meters to Deliver Intelligent AMI Solution for Substation and Commercial & Industrial Meters

    Telemetric Corporation - April 30, 2008

    Telemetric Corporation, a leader in Intelligent Grid wireless communication solutions for the electric utility industry, unveiled at the IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference in Chicago, the availability of an end-to-end wireless communication solution for the GE kV2c commercial & industrial meters. Unlike piecemeal solutions where the customer is forced to integrate communication hardware, wireless networks and software from multiple vendors, the Telemetric solution provides an integrated end-to-end solution of intelligent digital cellular hardware, digital cellular communications over the AT&T wireless network, and Telemetric’s PowerVista™ software.
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  • Tendril Joins Silver Spring Networks Technology Alliance Partner Program

    Tendril Inc. - April 30, 2008

    Tendril, the leading provider of standards-based energy efficiency software and hardware systems for the utilities industry, announced that it has joined Silver Spring Networks Technology Alliance Partner Program as a founding member.
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