Industry News 2007 P1 : Electric Light & Power/Utility Automation & Engineering T&D News Covering AMR, T&D Automation, Electric Transformers Design, Power Distribution Transformers, SCADA Systems & more

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Industry News 2007 P1

Findings of 20,000-mile power line reliability survey to be released at DistribuTECH 2008
Statistics will shed light on the state of aging U.S. distribution network.

Comverge launches nation's first ZigBee-enabled demand response system in Houston pilot program
ZigBee equipment can provide two-way communications between utility and customers and enable service offerings even beyond demand response.

Elster joins EPRI IntelliGrid program
EPRI program seeks to establish the vision for the "smart" or "digital-age" power grid .

Service reliability is again No. 1 utility concern, survey says
Black & Veatch surveys also finds aging workforce, environment and aging infrastructure are chief among electric utility worries.

How's your customer service fitness? Take this quiz to find out
Utility employees should assess themselves for their customer service fitness. Take the following self-assessment as a barometer of your customer service fitness.

PSO nearly done with recovery effort after fierce Oklahoma ice storm downs lines
Almost half of PSO customers without power at height of outages; crews from across nation assist in recovery effort; company sets goal to restore 95 percent of customers by Dec. 18.

AREVA opens North America "center of excellence"
To serve its protection and substation automation customers in North America, AREVA's T&D division has created a "center of excellence" in La Prairie, Quebec.

California ISO board approves new transmission planning approach
California ISO approved filing with FERC a proposal that would give the company the explicit authority to proactively identify and propose transmission projects.

How real is the utility cyber threat?
New episode of Currents now available. How real is the cyber threat to utilities? Is NERC the right regulator for security? Find out what experts think on the new episode of Currents.

Ice storm leaves 189K without power in Oklahoma
An estimated 189,199 without power; PSO projecting approximately 7 to 10 days to complete restoring power to all customers who can take power.

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