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Today: Free Webinar on the Strategies to Streamline MDM Projects
Nov 4th
Don’t forget! Join us today for the free webinar: Strategies to Streamline Your Smart Meter Data Management Projects. Learn from some real-life case studies and see how other utilities have found ways to streamline their projects.
Can’t make the live broadcast? Register online to receive an alert when the recorded webinar is available on greentechmedia.com!
When: Thursday, November 4, 2010 Time: 12:00 pm EDT/9:00 am PDT Register: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=259774&s=1&k=56BC54C68C18A07AC33BEBA6F4053F79
Webinar Summary:With so many new technologies coming into play in your IT infrastructure, it is hard to keep your team staffed and trained with the skills needed to get the systems up and keep them More >
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Loading ...Report Finds 99.96% of Texas Smart Meters Accurate — Energy | The Texas Tribune
Jul 30th
by Kate Galbraith July 30, 2010
A new report has found that Texas’s smart meters are accurate in 99.96 percent of cases.
The report by Navigant Consulting, released today, had been commissioned by the Public Utility Commission in the wake of a crush of complaints about the meters, which are being rolled out across Texas. A class action lawsuit was also filed against Oncor earlier this year due to smart meters concerns.
“It is Navigant Consulting’s opinion … that the vast majority of advanced meters currently installed by Oncor, CenterPoint and AEP Texas are accurately measuring and recording electric usage, as well as communicating that information through the respective advanced More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Texas Municipal Utility to Deploy Landis+Gyr Smart Grid System
Jun 24th
Landis+Gyr has been selected by CPS Energy to deploy its Gridstream smart grid solution for its more than one million electric and natural gas customers inSan Antonio, Texas.
CPS Energy plans to begin the deployment of the Landis+Gyr Gridstream RF technology, including advanced meters and supporting network infrastructure, later this year with a goal to complete the work by 2015. Gridstream RF is a two-way mesh network that delivers advanced metering, distribution automation and personal energy management communications.
Based in San Antonio, Texas, CPS Energy provides electric service to 707,000 customers and natural gas service to 322,000 customers in and surrounding More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Smart Meters Take Another Beating or Two or Three
Apr 5th
Apr 2, 2010
In our latest installment of smart meter anguish:
· Oncor gets sued by a couple alleging their electricity bill jumped after a smart meter was installed. Oncor says the suit is nonsense and that higher bills are the result of unusually cold weather. However, on Thursday WFAA reported that Oncor told the Texas PUC that 1,837 customers had been overbilled since smart meters were deployed due to installers misreading the old meters after putting in new ones.
· PG&E, sued earlier by angry Bakersfield consumers over smart meter bills, took more heat this week because the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hired a company that had More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oncor Side-By-Side SmartMeter Comparison Draws Mixed Reaction
Mar 9th
Oncor Side-By-Side Meter Comparison Draws Mixed Reaction While test results from meter comparisons made Monday appear accurate, some customers say they want further proof from an independent study.
Reporter: Bernadette Flores and Micah Williams
Oncor Conducts Side-By-Side Meter ComparisonsOncor Side-By-Side Meter Comparison Draws Mixed Reaction.
TEMPLE (March 09, 2010)-One utility company is making efforts to restore consumer confidence in its new smart meters after months of complaints from its customers over high electric bills,
Oncor Electric Delivery began doing side-by-side meter comparisons last week in Temple between its new digital ‘Smart’ meters and the old, recently replaced analog meters.
Temple resident Barry Holmes said More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Anti-Meter Fever Strikes Australia Too
Feb 25th
Feb 24, 2010
By Doug Peeples
SGN News Editor
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While it probably doesn’t make anyone feel better, we aren’t the only country where smart meters have a PR problem. Residents of Victoria, Australia’s smallest state, are up in arms about what they see as overcharges on their utility bills and concerns about the data intelligent meters can collect. Utilities, consumer groups and state government are getting together to talk it out, but considering our own experiences, that’s no assurance the problem will be resolved.
The controversy and hot tempers over smart meter rollouts in the U.S. are also erupting in Australia. Some utility customers More >
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