http://www.renewgridmag.com/ en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:01 -0400 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:01 -0400 editors@renewgridmag.com publisher@renewgridmag.com Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. American Transmission Co. (ATC) says it is beginning a multiyear public outreach initiative associated with its proposed Badger Coulee electric transmission-line project, starting with [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5718 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:12:24 -0400 http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5717 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:11:28 -0400 Infrax Systems Inc. has developed its UMAX wireless communications links, which are designed to complement the fiber and copper communications infrastructure backing various smart [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5716 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:10:41 -0400 SunPower Corp. says it is receiving a #036;1.8 million grant from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration Program to research photovoltaic [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5715 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:09:49 -0400 Lockheed Martin, a global security company, has joined the IPSO Alliance as a promoter member to help propel the use of Internet Protocol (IP)-based [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5714 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:59 -0400 The U.S. Department of Energy#039;s (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories is investing #036;8.5 million in four projects that have reached Stage III of the Solar [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5713 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:27 -0400 Echelon Corp. has released the Echelon Control System (ECoS), a smart grid software platform that runs in tandem with the company#039;s new Edge Control [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5712 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:44:52 -0400 The Minnesota Department of Commerce has released the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Fargo-to-St. Cloud 345 kV transmission project, which is a [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5711 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:44:15 -0400 Kansas-based Westar Energy Inc. has selected the EnergyAxis system from Elster to support its SmartStar advanced meter deployment. SmartStar involves the installation and networking [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5709 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:43:08 -0400 Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative (EPC), a generation and transmission cooperative based in western South Dakota, has deployed microwave backhaul systems from Exalt Communications to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5708 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:42:18 -0400 Austin Energy says it has selected Autodesk Inc.#039;s Autodesk Utility Design (AUD) program as its distribution-system design solution. The utility plans on interfacing AUD [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5707 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:41:33 -0400 GE says it is working with U.K.-based electricity distributor Central Networks on a project proposal, the Milton Keynes MKSmart2020 initiative, that will focus on [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5706 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:40:57 -0400 Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has released its new PLC Development Kit, which is designed to help system engineers build power-line communications (PLC) platforms for [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5710 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AEI) says it has established its first grid connections in Europe using its Solaron 500E solar photovoltaic inverters. The solar [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5705 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:02:09 -0400 Smart grid company ESCO Technologies has acquired Xtensible Solutions Inc., a provider of information management and integration solutions to the utility industry. ESCO says [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5704 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:01:24 -0400 Texas Aamp;M University says it is presenting a program called quot;Evaluating the Business Case for Smart Grid Investmentsquot; on Nov. 8-9 in Austin, Texas. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5703 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Although an independent analysis of the technology and business practices backing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.#039;s (PGamp;E) smart grid deployment has determined that advanced [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5702 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:01:15 -0400 The National Institute of Standards and Technology#039;s (NIST) Smart Grid Interoperability Panel has issued its quot;Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Securityquot; document, which outlines [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5701 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:27:02 -0400 The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) says it is working with Energate to manage a pilot deployment of residential and small commercial demand-response (DR) solutions [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5700 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:26:12 -0400 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a San Diego Gas amp; Electric (SDGamp;E) solar power initiative that provides for 100 MW of [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5699 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:25:37 -0400 Duke Energy has expanded its relationships with Echelon Corp. and Ambient Corp. to further develop its smart grid communications network. The utility currently uses [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5698 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:25:01 -0400 Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) has released the details of its Smart Grid Innovation Corridor - a series of projects that will test various technologies and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5697 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:19 -0400 The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Mason County Public Utility District No. 3 (PUD 3), located on Washington#039;s Olympic Peninsula, are partnering on a [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5696 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:21:39 -0400 Westar Energy Inc. says it has completed a new 345 kV transmission line in south-central Kansas that connects the Reno County Substation, located northeast [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5695 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:20:44 -0400 The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has approved PNM#039;s plans to add 22 MW of utility-scale solar power to its portfolio. The NMPRC [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5694 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:20:00 -0400 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has unveiled a quot;Zero Net Energy Action Planquot; designed to help commercial building owners use new technologies and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5693 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:19:15 -0400 Cisco says it plans to acquire Arch Rock Corp., a company focused on wireless network technology for smart grid applications. quot;Arch Rock#039;s wireless mesh [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5692 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:18:26 -0400 Silver Spring Networks has signed a definitive agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) to provide its smart grid platform and related software [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5691 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:17:53 -0400 The North America Energy Standards Board (NAESB) has appointed Dr. Scott Coe, vice president of Utility Integration Solutions Inc. (UISOL), to its Wholesale Electric [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5690 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:17:15 -0400 Cisco and Itron have formed a strategic alliance aimed at developing interoperable, Internet Protocol-based communications solutions for advanced-metering and electric-distribution applications. Cisco and Itron [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5689 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:41:49 -0400 New Jersey-based utility PSEamp;G has selected Noveda Technologies to provide monitoring and hosting services for its solar programs, including the provision of hardware, software [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5688 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:39:54 -0400 PPL Electric Utilities says it plans to build several new electric distribution substations in the next two years to improve system reliability for customers [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5687 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:39:12 -0400 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PGamp;E) has formed its SmartMeter Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), which comprises regulators, customers and other stakeholders who will assess [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5685 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:37:16 -0400 Colorado Springs Utilities, a municipal utility serving more than 300,000 customers, is deploying Ecologic Analytics#039; meter data management system (MDMS) to support its local [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5684 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:36:31 -0400 BuildingIQ, an energy-management software company, says it has completed a trial run of its DRiQ demand-response application with Australia-based utility Western Power and the [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5683 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:35:55 -0400 Beijing Power Information Technology Research Center has selected Intergraph#039;s G/Technology and GeoMedia WebMap products to support power-grid design, manage grid-asset lifecycles and provide real-time [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5682 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:35:15 -0400 Illinois-based utility Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) has filed a proposal with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to institute a pilot program aimed at upgrading its [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5686 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 A new report from Pike Research estimates that worldwide installed-system revenues in the utility-scale energy-storage sector will grow from #036;1.5 billion in 2010 to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5681 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:47:29 -0400 Tonbridge Power Inc. says it has executed agreements with the Western Area Power Administration for the further review and evaluation of its proposed Green [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5680 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:46:47 -0400 Tres Amigas LLC has selected Burns amp; McDonnell to provide engineering design and development support services for its Tres Amigas SuperStation, which will link [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5679 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:45:55 -0400 Silver Spring Networks says it has entered into an agreement with Indianapolis Power amp; Light Co. (IPL) to build IPL#039;s smart grid platform in [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5678 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:44:59 -0400 Verisae has partnered with Schneider Electric to offer a demand-response (DR) product to commercial and industrial customers, thereby creating quot;virtual power plantsquot; for utilities. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5677 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:43:46 -0400 Landis+Gyr says it is offering software products from Grid Net as components of its smart grid application for utility customers in Australia and New [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5676 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:42:29 -0400 An article in the Denver Post reports that Xcel Energy, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the Governor#039;s Energy Office have come to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5675 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:56:10 -0400 Oracle has released Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0, an enhanced version of its existing system for verifying, storing, processing and formatting data from [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5674 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:54:46 -0400 Illinois-based utility Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) is working with engineering consulting firm Franklin Energy Services and Telkonet Inc. to support its Smart Ideas for Your [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5673 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:54:11 -0400 Survalent Technology has installed a new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for the nonprofit Michigan Public Power Agency, which jointly owns generating [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5672 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:52:51 -0400 Trojan Battery Co., a manufacturer of batteries for renewable energy applications, has appointed John F. DeBoever director of global projects for its renewable energy [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5671 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:52:06 -0400 Texas-New Mexico Power Co. (TNMP), a unit of PNM Resources, has filed for an annual revenue increase of #036;20.1 million, or 10.9%, with the [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5669 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:45:48 -0400 PPL Electric Utilities has filed a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) that would increase its overall annual revenues by about [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5668 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:45:02 -0400 Connexus Energy, a utility based in Minnesota, and OPOWER have released full-year results of their residential energy-efficiency program, which resulted in a 2.1% reduction [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5667 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:44:24 -0400 The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) has approved Central Vermont Public Service#039;s (CVPS) SmartPower plan, which includes automated metering, two-way communications systems and new [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5670 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Massachusetts-based utility NSTAR says it is expanding its smart grid build-out, which focuses on the implementation of distribution-automation and quot;self-healingquot; technologies to improve power [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5665 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:15:46 -0400 Tucson Electric Power (TEP) says the Arizona Corporation Commission has approved the utility#039;s plans to purchase the output from 10 new renewable power projects [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5664 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:14:39 -0400 OSIsoft LLC says it is collaborating with SAP Korea and Korea-based telecommunications company KT to accelerate the development of smart grid technologies in Korea. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5663 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:13:41 -0400 Utility Integration Solutions Inc. (UISOL), a company focused on business-integration solutions for the utility industry, has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to its board [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5662 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:12:26 -0400 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed a new renewable energy feed-in-tariff program that would require the state#039;s investor-owned utilities to purchase electricity [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5666 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400