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The Nov. 14, 2008 deadline for the 2009 Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Projects of the Year Awards has been extended to December 1, 2008.
The awards program is designed to honor the most innovative electric power transmission and distribution technology implementations and engineering projects undertaken by North American electric utilities during the course of the last year.
Nominations are being sought in the following four categories:
* T&D Automation Project of the Year (includes distribution automation, transmission automation, T&D management systems, substation automation, SCADA/EMS implementations, and related field devices and systems);
* AMI/AMR Project of the Year (implementations of automatic meter reading technology, systems and equipment);
* Geospatial Project of the Year (includes implementations of AM/FM/GIS, mobile computing, field force automation, mobile workforce management, outage management/response systems, and systems integration); and
* Non-automated T&D Engineering Project of the Year (Includes underground and overhead transmission/distribution line construction, substation construction projects, and expansions/upgrades to existing facilities).
All utilities involved in transmission and/or distribution of electric power are eligible for the awards, including investor-owned utilities, federal power agencies, municipal utilities, and rural electric cooperatives. Also eligible are RTOs, ISOs, independent transmission companies, and other T&D-owning/operating entities.
While award winners must be utility companies or other T&D-owning entities, any interested party may submit an entry for consideration. Utilities, vendors, consultants and others are all welcome to submit nominations. One award-winning utility will be recognized in each category.
Those who wish to nominate a utility for one of the Projects of the Year Awards must submit an entry form (available by clicking here) and a detailed written description of the nominated project. To be eligible, projects (or significant phases of the projects) must have been completed between November 3, 2007 and November 3, 2008.
Deadline for entries is December 1, 2008.
Award winners will be recognized and presented with their awards during the DistribuTECH 2009 Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA, February 3-5, 2009.
For more information and an online entry form, click here.
A list of last year's winners and their projects can be found here.
Contact editor-in-chief Teresa Hansen with any questions here.
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