metering infrastructure News
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Ravalli Electric to Take Metering Infrastructure to New Heights with Sensus
When the power goes out in the mountains of rural Montana, Joe Smith and the staff at Ravalli Electric Co-op (REC) can sometimes go for weeks without hearing about it. With an aging advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system that creates challenges in communicating with the electricity meters in these remote locations, Smith's hands are often tied. "Our current system is slow and ...
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Itron Signs Agreement with Mississippi Power to Deploy and Manage Nearly 200,000 Smart Meters
Itron recently (5/14) announced a new agreement with Mississippi Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, to support the utility's grid modernization plans and continued leadership in technical innovation within the utility space. Itron will deploy and manage its standards-based Gen5 IPv6 network platform to connect approximately 193,000 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) devices to help ...
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Congratulation to DEWA for being selected as ‘Smart Water Company of the Year 2018’
Our sincerest congratulations on the success DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) has achieved in implementing one of the most advanced smart water metering infrastructure projects in the world. We are proud to work with world leading companies. Huge ambitions are also something driving our company. We think that this great success shows what a real cooperation can enable. Our ...
By Cuculus GmbH
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Datakorum, the new investee of Almar Water Solutions, will develop a benchmark project for smart infrastructure management in Abu Dhabi
E& Enterprise (formerly Etisalat Digital) has awarded Datakorum, the new investee of Almar Water Solutions, a project to provide smart-communication services for water and energy infrastructure in Abu Dhabi. The contract will use a connectivity-as-a-service (CaaS) model to ensure connectivity between end users, distribution meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Datakorum, ...
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Wisconsin Public Service Selects Landis+Gyr for Electric and Gas AMI Deployment
Landis+Gyr has been selected by Wisconsin Public Service Company (WPS) to provide a multi-purpose Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network platform for advanced metering and grid modernization. The project includes deployment of Landis+Gyr’s RF mesh network technology, 450,000 FOCUS AX-SD electric meters and about 326,000 two-way gas modules under a managed services agreement. ...
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The North American Advanced Meter Infrastructure Market Accelerates in Growth as Utilities Maximizes its Benefits, Finds Frost & Sullivan
The increasing demand for energy in North America has compelled utilities to upgrade the electric and distribution network in the region, giving a huge boost to the advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's (http://www.energy.frost.com) Analysis of the North American Advanced Meter Infrastructure Market research finds that the market earned revenues of ...
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Florida PSC Gives TECO Customers Opt-Out Option on Smart Meters
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has given the okay to Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers wanting a non-communicating meter instead of the company's new Automated Meter Infrastructure (AMI) smart meter. AMI smart meters transmit a home's power usage back to the electric company's headquarters and offer customers enhanced tools and information on managing their electric usage and ...
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Queensland looks to move from MiWater to MiSewer
A local authority in Queensland is making a second attempt at commercialising its proprietary water meter data management system, and has invited expressions of interest to be submitted by 25 October. Mackay Regional Council last attempted to identify a commercialisation partner for its MiWater system in 2014, and is now looking to restart the process. Its options include seeking a joint venture ...
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Smart Metering “Refresh” Market to Total $12.2 Billion Over Next Decade
Roughly 15 years has elapsed since the world’s first smart metering rollouts began, and those meters are now approaching the end of their useful lives. The world’s first smart meter replacement deployments, in which utilities will retire old models to install new, second-generation advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) are now set to begin. This is being called the smart meter “refresh" market ...
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Philadelphia Selects Sensus for Advanced Metering Infrastructure Upgrade
The City of Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) has selected Sensus, a Xylem brand, through a competitive request for proposal process, to deliver smart water technology for its Metering and Customer Service Program. PWD provides services to more than 1.7 million people in Philadelphia."Our AMI deployment will provide us with real time access to detailed water usage data, enhancing our customer ...
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2-Way AMI Network at Mid-Dakota
Since October 2015, KP Electronics Inc. (“KP”) and Mueller Systems are working together to deploy the largest 2-way Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system in the US. By combining KP’s expertise of wirelesses AMI system with Mueller Systems’ metering solutions and project management, MegaNet™ allows Mid-Dakota Rural Water System (MDRWS) to collect hourly water ...
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Weston awarded over $11 million to support department of the Navy’s advanced metering infrastructure program
The Energy and Navy programs of Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®) expanded further in September, continuing development of a rapidly growing global business line supporting facilities seeking more efficient, renewable, and sustainable energy. WESTON was competitively awarded a firm-fixed price task order worth over $11 million by the Specialty Center Acquisitions, NAVFAC in Port Hueneme, CA to ...
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Entergy Selects Accenture to Provide Advanced Metering Solution
Accenture recently announced that it has been selected by Entergy Services, Inc. to provide an advanced metering solution to enhance grid reliability and customer service with digital technologies. This includes more efficient billing and field maintenance, faster outage detection to bolster network reliability and greater data and analytics capabilities. Working with OMNETRIC Group, Accenture's ...
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White Paper: Exploring the Technology, Business and Market Cases for Load Control
Aclara, a leading supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities worldwide, explores the market drivers, available technologies and the business case pertaining to the implementation of load control programs at electric utilities in a white paper entitled The Technology, Business and Market Cases for Load Control. Click here to download this complimentary ...
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Illinois Utilities Share Itron AMI Network to Support Meter Modernization
Itron this week (March 7) announced that Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas, subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, are working together with ComEd, an energy provider to more than 4 million customers, to share ComEd's existing Itron advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) multi-purpose network to support smart technology that will streamline natural gas meter reading to create efficiencies and lower ...
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Landis+Gyr Signs Contract with Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company for Advanced Metering Infrastructure and IoT Network
Landis+Gyr Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Landis+Gyr Group AG, signed a five-year agreement with Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) to provide a comprehensive advanced metering and smart grid infrastructure.The contract, which covers both operating utilities, includes 930,000 advanced electricity meters and 300,000 gas modules, in addition to ...
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Aguas de Valencia Selects Itron’s Fixed Network Solution to Modernize Water Metering Infrastructure
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that Aguas de Valencia, a private water utility serving more than 3.5 million residents mainly in Valencia, Catalonia, Aragón and Northern Spain, will begin full deployment of Itron’s water AMI solution, including 100,000 water meters, 100,000 communication modules, fixed network infrastructure and software, which will be installed over the ...
By Itron Inc
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EPCOR Completes Advanced Metering Deployment in Edmonton
Landis+Gyr announced completion of an innovative multi-year grid modernization project with EPCOR that included deployment of the Gridstream® AMI solution for advanced metering infrastructure and grid management in Edmonton, Alberta. EPCOR provides electric service to nearly 395,000 residential and commercial customers in their Edmonton service territory. Landis+Gyr's network infrastructure ...
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Landis+Gyr Announces Contract with Otter Tail Power Company for Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Landis+Gyr Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Landis+Gyr Group AG, announced an agreement this week with Otter Tail Power Company to provide advanced metering infrastructure, software and services to support the utility's energy grid across its three-state service territory. The contract includes 175,000 advanced meters and network communications using Gridstream RF Mesh IP and cellular networks, ...
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El Paso Electric Company Issues Request for Proposal for Advanced Metering System
El Paso Electric Company recently (10/1) 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 ...
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