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Automation Insight
February 2008
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Did You Hear? Pertinent Market News over the Last Month
- Honeywell awarded $14.9-million contract by the City of Tallahassee, Fla.
- Trilliant, Inc., announced it successfully demonstrated interoperability testing.
- Echelon announced that Swedish utility Halmstad Energi selected Echelon's Networked Energy Services advanced metering system.
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Regulators and Legislators Build Momentum for AMI Studies and Deployment
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 1252 (EPAct) requires electric utilities to consider time-based rates and smart metering options for all customer classes. Since the EPAct enactment in August 2005, it has built a lot of momentum for the smart metering industry. Not only does EPAct bring smart metering discussions to the policy forefront, it provides nationally unified guidance to state regulators and utilities.
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AMI Developments in the Netherlands
The smart metering market in the Netherlands, which covers approximately 7 million households and small business users (defined as having an electricity connection of less than 3x80 Ampère and a gas usage of less than 170,000 m3 per year), is in motion. A legal proposal for a new structuring of the metering market is being vetted and will be discussed within the Dutch Parliament soon. It is expected that this law will be adopted before the summer of 2008. During 2009 – 2014 large smart metering deployment projects will be carried out for small energy users in the Netherlands. And ultimately, around 2015, almost every household in the Netherlands is expected to have a smart meter for electricity and gas.
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Chatting With Brian Pugliese
Brian P. Pugliese, CAE, joined KEMA, Inc. in February 2008. Most recently, he was the executive director of Utilimetrics (formerly known as the Alliance for Advanced Metering and Data Management Solutions in Northbrook, IL). As executive director of Utilimetrics, Brian led a number of initiatives including the development of an on-line tool designed to help utilities understand their AMR/ AMI technology needs, the delivery of AMR/ AMI information to members and stakeholders through association Webinars, and the publishing of monthly AMR/ AMI regulatory updates for members.
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New Advances (and Setbacks) Make 2008 a Pivotal Year for WiMAX
For some time now, WiMAX has been characterized as “WiFi on steroids” without the hotspot limitations or security risks. Whereas WiFi is a shared signal with an open network and typically has the range of 100 yards, WiMAX is a dedicated, secure signal and has the potential to cover a range of six miles or more. It has been roundly positioned as the end-all solution among fourth-generation (4G) options that will enable a wireless alternative for cable, DSL, and T1 level services for last mile broadband access with the end goal of bringing consumers an expanded array of mobile video, data, and voice services.
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