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[Don MacVittie] Utilities and Security Rear Their Ugly Head Again: Traditional AMR had a two-way communication with centralized servers (sometimes through a collection point, but mostly not), and it was much more likely that an attacker would go after those core servers than the actual devices. Given access to that server, much like in a SCADA environment, an attacker could wreak havoc, but even assuming someone managed to hack into a power meter without getting fried, the potential gain would be modification of just the power usage of the one meter, or perhaps an attack on the server - which was rather thoroughly protected due to the nature of the data it collected and the tools available from it.

[Electronics.ca Publications: New Products] Home Area Networks and Wireless Smart Sensors: Technologies and ...: Consumer-interactive two-way Smart Grid is expected to ease congestion and increase power utilization, sending from 50% and up to 300% more electricity through existing corridors. Industry analysts claim that a grid efficiency improvement of even 5%-7% will equate to permanently eliminating the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars.

[Earth2Tech] The Cellular Smart Grid: Can You Hear Me Now?: It’s still up for debate ”” at least in my mind ”” what method (build or rent) is more beneficial and cost effective. It seems like there’s major advantages for really large utilities to build their own networks, as well as for municipal utilities that can build networks and sell other services like broadband access.

[Market Research Reports - New Releases] Global Smart Metering: A Market Dynamics Report: Energy directives and billions of dollars in smart grid funding are driving hundreds of smart metering initiatives worldwide. Over the next five years, $21 billion will be spent on smart metering infrastructure, with the largest initiatives in North America, Europe, and Australia.

[SmartGridNews.com] Smart Grid: Why the Smart Metering Business Just Changed Forever: Today's meters can be understood as having 3 distinct parts: the FAN/WAN connection/radio (taking the data back out to the utility), the HAN connection/radio (connecting with the smart home/business), and the metrology component (measuring power, voltage, current, etc). As you rightly point out, reducing the number of processors is a tried-and-true cost reduction technique, and most observers now expect these distinct processors to come together in the next 1 or 2 generations of smart meters.

[Business Weekly daily news] Itron invests to stay ahead in its field | Cleantech: Headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington, Itron has just invested £2.5m in facilities at its Felixstowe operation in the East of England and as the region positions itself as a market leader in renewable energy, it is encouraging that Itron handles both the design and manufacture of electricity metering products in Felixstowe. 

[SmartSynch] Creating a Communications Platform for the Smart Grid « SmartSynch: Nodes C and D represent different types of infrastructure within the consumer segment, since there is rarely a single technology that allows a utility to provide smart metering and demand response through its entire service territory. In fact, providing the new Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to the entire customer base requires a hybrid of technologies.

[SmartMeters] Conference to Focus on Smart Metering Industry in China: The organizer notes that huge potential in the Chinese smart grid market is being driven by the China State Grid's investment of US $600 billion in the industry. METERINGChina 2010 exhibition will gather nearly 70-80 exhibitors, including Chinese metering suppliers such as Holley, Clou, as well as global companies such as Landis+Gyr, SilverSpring Networks, Freescale, etc

[TechFirst] element14: TechFirst: Batteries for Smart Gas Meters: associated with rechargeable batteries, they offer dynamic opportunities within growth markets such as smart grids, utility automatic meter reading (AMR), wireless mesh networks, system control and data acquisition, data loggers, oceanographic, emergency, and safety equipment, as well as other remote sensing devices where recharging is not practical or even impossible.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Modesto Irrigation District Deploys Oracle Utilities Meter Data ...: BARCELONA, Spain - - CURRENT Group, along with Iberdrola and leading global technology partners, successfully demonstrate the first fully interoperable and open Smart Grid communications infrastructure in support of Europe's Smart Grid roadmap- Interoperability provides the foundation for a global non-proprietary advanced metering solution using powerline communications- Open solutions pave way for lower cost deployment of Smart Grid in Europe in support of energy efficiency and carbon reductionCURRENT Group, LLC, a leading Smart Grid company and founding member of the PRIME Alliance, announces that it has successfully demonstrated the interoperability of the first ever open metering solution in support of Europe's Smart Grid Roadmap. Interoperability has been successfully tested in multi-vendor environments based on multiple chipset technologies.

[voi5032680] Voice n Data 's Blog at BIGADDA >> Smart Grid: In essence, smart grid is an intelligent future electricity system that connects all supply, grid and demand elements through an intelligent communication system. The backbone of a successful smart grid operation is a resilient, highly secure, manageable, and standards based open communication infrastructure that links the elements of the grid while participating in the decision making that delivers value to the utility, supply and demand entities connected to it.

[Power Generation News Russia] Elster Interview « Power Generation News Russia: Elster Metronica has established its position as one of the markets leaders within the field of metering equipment and is one of the key suppliers of electricity meters to the Russian power sector. Elster Metronica is part of Elster Group, is a world leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), an industry leader and world-class provider of advanced metering products and intelligent metering solutions.

[PR Hub] Eandis Selects Elster Group Technology Solution for Deployment of ...: BARCELONA, Spain - - CURRENT Group, along with Iberdrola and leading global technology partners, successfully demonstrate the first fully interoperable and open Smart Grid communications infrastructure in support of Europe's Smart Grid roadmap- Interoperability provides the foundation for a global non-proprietary advanced metering solution using powerline communications- Open solutions pave way for lower cost deployment of Smart Grid in Europe in support of energy efficiency and carbon reductionCURRENT Group, LLC, a leading Smart Grid company and founding member of the PRIME Alliance, announces that it has successfully demonstrated the interoperability of the first ever open metering solution in support of Europe's Smart Grid Roadmap. Interoperability has been successfully tested in multi-vendor environments based on multiple chipset technologies.

[SmartGridNews.com] Smart Grid: Is the Smart Grid Inducing Labor Pains?: . Smart meters, and the improvements in automating, and "remotifying" the reading, turn-on, and cut-off of power, are seen as early wins. They do not appear to jeopardize the delivery of power, and can very quickly demonstrate cost efficiency by decreasing truck rolls. This is both a reaction to the government's emphasis of "shovel-ready" projects to fund, and to the ease with which a utility can justify the project to regulators as a cost-saver, paying off the capital cost in short order through a reduction in labor costs. As a result, the union teams, originally anxious to generate skilled labor to drive the construction of the next generation of transmission and distribution, is left, instead with a short-term need for

[Cricketdiane's Weblog] Other Resources Non-profit MediaWhat goes into making MNN ...: Presentation Abstract: Energy waste is pervasive, creating a massive opportunity for US industrials to lower their energy costs AND reduce their CO2 footprint.  US DOE and EPA studies show that just by recovering presently wasted energy, the US could slash power costs and reduce our total CO2 emissions by over 10%.  In spite of this opportunity, our economic and environmental policies are largely in conflict with each other, framing a win for one as a loss for the other, and preferentially directing scarce resources towards more expensive environmental controls.  This presentation will provide an overview of fundamentals that are placing upward pressure on US electricity costs, provide select case studies of industrials who have recovered waste energy to take control of their own energy future and conclude with an overview of the broader industrial opportunity and how to capture it.

[PR Hub] Landis+Gyr Partners with British Gas to Deliver UK's First Major ...: BARCELONA, Spain - - CURRENT Group, along with Iberdrola and leading global technology partners, successfully demonstrate the first fully interoperable and open Smart Grid communications infrastructure in support of Europe's Smart Grid roadmap- Interoperability provides the foundation for a global non-proprietary advanced metering solution using powerline communications- Open solutions pave way for lower cost deployment of Smart Grid in Europe in support of energy efficiency and carbon reductionCURRENT Group, LLC, a leading Smart Grid company and founding member of the PRIME Alliance, announces that it has successfully demonstrated the interoperability of the first ever open metering solution in support of Europe's Smart Grid Roadmap. Interoperability has been successfully tested in multi-vendor environments based on multiple chipset technologies.

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