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October 22, 2009 A Penton Media Publication Vol. 5, No. 20

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Top Story
Washington Public Energy Utility Awards New SCADA Contract to OSI
Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Cowlitz PUD (Public Utility District No. 1) of Washington, for a comprehensive new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system.


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Highlights
Progress Energy to Extend FiServ's eBill Distribution to Florida
Progress Energy is extending the use of FiServ's eBill Distribution to the electric utility's Florida region.

U.K.'s Department of Energy Selects Accenture for Support on Smart Grid Roll Out
Accenture has been selected by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to provide strategic consulting on the planning and implementation of smart grids in the U.K.

Big Rivers Electric Selects HP to Enable Future Growth and Stabilize Costs
HP has announced Big Rivers Electric Corp., a Kentucky-based electric generation and transmission utility, signed a $27 million, eight-year technology and applications services agreement designed to help stabilize technology costs and enable future growth with a standardized enterprise resource planning (ERP) and workplace computing environment.

OPOWER Unveils New Energy Efficiency Program with Seattle City Light
Seattle City Light, the nation’s ninth largest public electric utility, has launched a new energy efficiency program based on the OPOWER Home Energy Report.

German Utility Selects Syclo Mobile Solution to be Implemented by ENERGY4U
RheinEnergie, a German utility serving 2.5 million people in the Rhine region, has selected SMART Work Manager for use with the SAP ERP application, a mobile application from Syclo.

Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative Chooses Matrox Solutions to Monitor Power Grid
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative has selected Matrox Extio F1400 Remote Graphics Units (RGU) to distance the control room workstations from its operator dispatching center.

Jacada Signs Material Agreement with Large Public Gas & Electric Utility Provider
Jacada Ltd. has signed a material agreement with a new customer, a large gas and electric utility provider in the United States.

Hydro One Networks to Use Powerline Repeater from Cooper, Trilliant
Trilliant Inc. and Cooper Power Systems have announced the deployment of a jointly developed product, the SecureMesh Powerline Repeater, that enhances Smart Grid coverage at Hydro One in Ontario, Canada.

Telvent to Implement Smart Grid Solution for the Guizhou Power Grid in China
Telvent has been awarded a new project by Guizhou Power in China to improve the management of its electric distribution network.

Unitil Selects ABB Network Manager DMS
ABB has received an order from Unitil Corp. for its ABB Network Manager DMS. Unitil, an investor-owned public utility holding company headquartered in Hampton, New Hampshire, will deploy Network Manager DMS at its affiliates, Utility Energy Systems and Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co.

German Company Commission Siemens for Smart Metering System
Siemens Energy will provide a comprehensive smart metering solution to support Berlin-based Umetriq Entwicklungs-GmbH in building the IT infrastructure of a metering services provider and meter point operator for the German energy market.

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Orders SCADA/EMS System
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution division will deliver and implement a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Electricity Management System, or SCADA/EMS, to Tanzania Electric Supply Co. Ltd. - TANESCO, the company responsible for the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in Tanzania.


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In Depth
On-Line Monitoring Averts Imminent Bushing Failure
ITC Holdings reaps reliability rewards using continuous monitoring and intelligent diagnostics...

Oncor Focuses on End-to-End Information Flows
Integrated distribution management system aims to boost electric reliability...


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Vendor Updates
Systems With Intelligence Inc. Completes $2.0 Million Private Equity Financing
Systems With Intelligence Inc., a supplier of intelligent video surveillance solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure within the electric utility industry, has completed a $2.0 million private equity financing round.

Aclara, Firetide Introduce Wireless, Mesh-Based Wide-Area Network
ESCO Technologies Inc. has acquired a minority interest in Firetide Inc., a provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks, and through its Aclara RF Systems Inc. subsidiary, has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Firetide.

Arcadian Networks Simplifies WAN/LAN Management For Utility Smart Grid Communications
Utility communications networks have a new tool for managing the intrinsically complex interconnection of applications, devices, and software in the AE11g SMART Grid Gateway Series from Arcadian Networks.

Siemens and Landis+Gyr to Cooperate on Smart Metering Common Standards for Interoperability in Smart Grids
Siemens and Landis+Gyr have agreed to cooperate on common standards that will not only establish interoperability but will also give utilities the requisite security for their investments in smart grids.

eMeter SmartStart Software Sets up Consumer Engagement Quickly
eMeter Corp. has debuted SmartStart, a streamlined offering to get utilities’ meter-to-cash and consumer engagement functions up and running in as little as 12 weeks.

SAIC Forms Strategic Alliance with BPL Global, Ltd.
Science Applications International Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with BPL Global, Ltd., a smart grid technology company that develops and deploys solutions to improve the efficiency and reliability of utility networks.

Ambient, Itron Collaborate to Provide Automatic Near-Real Time Legacy Meter Reads
Ambient Corp. and Itron Inc. have announced development of the Ambient EDC module.

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