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• Trends in Meter Data Management System Acquisitions

  

  Mark Hatfield, Principal Consultant, Enspiria Solutions

  05.09.08 - All of the major MDMS vendors can calculate billing determinants and do validation, estimation and editing (VEE). Yet, as utilities are expanding AMI business cases beyond just reading meters and TOU rates, they expect more functionality out of the MDMS they will select.
  

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• Building Models for the Smart Grid Business Case

  

  Jagoron Mukherjee, Senior Consultant, KEMA

  04.25.08 - Part I of this two-part article considered the role of financial models in developing the business case for the Smart Grid. Part II continues with a discussion of regulatory requirements.
  

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• Building Models for the Smart Grid Business Case

  

  Jagoron Mukherjee, Senior Consultant, KEMA

  04.11.08 - Part I of this two-part article will consider the role of financial models in developing the business case for the Smart Grid. The Federal Energy Policy Act 2005, Section 1252 (EPAct) states that energy policy supports all utilities to "provide customers with time-based rates and the ability to receive and respond to electricity price signals."
  

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• Utility Standards Board: Exploring the Opportunities for Standardization in Customer Service

  

  Thomas Brunetto, Managing Partner, DEFG, LLC
  Peter Shaw, Director of Customer Strategy, Navigant Consulting

  03.28.08 - The opportunities for standardizing business policies, processes, and system interfaces are vast, and the business benefits of standardization have been clearly demonstrated for years. Well-designed standards enable interoperability among different systems and devices, increase process efficiencies, and foster innovation by solution developers.
  

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• A Fresh Approach to Managing Peak Demand

  

  Gary Paul, Vice President, Energy & Utilities Practice, Capgemini

  03.14.08 - In the near future, all North American utilities will adopt smart metering and the supporting advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) at some level. Some utilities will inevitably take a bare bones approach, doing just enough to meet the minimum requirements set forth in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and other regulatory mandates.
  

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• Advanced Metering Growth to Expand Significantly, but Industry Penetration Still Low

  Mark Hall, Research Analyst, Chartwell Inc.

  02.29.08 - With constant buzz surrounding the status of advanced metering and the crucial role it will play in the smart grid, sometimes forgotten in conversation is that advanced metering installations are still a small fraction of the installed automated meter reading (AMR) base in North American.
  

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• Getting a Handle on Energy Usage

  

  Rainer Wischinski, Vice President, Marketing, Spinwave Systems, Inc.

  02.15.08 - You probably know that energy savings on the order of 15% can be achieved when individual metering is in place but you are concerned about equipment and installation costs and disruption to the building's operation.
  

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• Creating Value is the Key for the Utility of the Future

  

  Kevin Walsh, Industry Principal, Utilities, SAP Americas, Inc.

  01.25.08 - The year was 1978. The first ever cellular mobile phone is introduced, Space Invaders appears launching a craze for computer video games, Sweden is the first country to ban the sale of aerosol spray cans due to environmental concerns and Japanese car imports account for half the U.S. import market.
  

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• Signaling for Energy Efficiency

  

  Ken Silverstein, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Insider

  01.11.08 - When CenterPoint Energy invested in energy efficiency, it chose a technology with a standard communication feature to allow its meters to talk with any programmable household device. CenterPoint is working with the Zigbee Alliance and other stakeholders to create the standard for wireless communication between utility companies and common household features.
  

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• Duke Energy Remains Committed to Interoperability

  

  Will McNamara, Principal Consultant, KEMA, Inc.

  12.31.07 - Much has been said about the need for open standards for AMI and/or Utility of the Future systems. However, the actual implementation of AMI, Smart Grid, and smart appliance communication still is largely based on proprietary protocols. The utility industry has not yet developed sufficient detail around open standards, although a movement toward that objective is underway among consultants, vendors and utilities.
  

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