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AUTOMATION RISING The Latest News From The Industry Partnerships & Alliances… Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. aligns with Harris Utilities: Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of engineering, operations and customer service software to more than 1,000 electric utilities in North America and the Caribbean, has recognized Harris Utilities and its products as representing signiﬁcant potential value to Milsoft customers. With a mutual and non-exclusive understanding, Milsoft believes that customers choosing to leverage the Harris family of products to meet their growing needs will beneﬁt. More… Contract Awards… Tantalus Enters New Market with Smart Grid Deployment at Mohegan Sun Casino, Nation’s second largest casino to deploy Tantalus communications: Tantalus, a leading provider of Smart Grid communications, today announced that the Mohegan Tribal Utility Authority, which serves the Mohegan Sun, has selected Tantalus as the exclusive smart grid communications provider for the facility. Mohegan Sun, which utilizes more than one hundred GE polyphase meters at its casino, hotel and independently owned retail stores, will deploy the Tantalus Utility Network. More… Metro Water Services Chooses MeterSense to Streamline Business Processes and Boost Customer Service: Metro Water Services (MWS) has chosen MeterSense, the meter data management (MDM) solution from Harris Utilities, to automate routine processes, enhance service to consumers and draw new insight from meter interval data. MWS is a department of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. It provides water, wastewater treatment and stormwater management services across more than 182,000 meters to consumers in Davidson County and portions of Rutherford and Williamson Counties. More… Snohomish County Public Utility District Automates Callout with ARCOS to Reduce Duration of Power Outages and Water Leaks: Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) has begun using the Software-as-a-Service ARCOS Suite to automatically call and assemble its utility crews to restore power and repair water leaks. Before automating its callout process, PUD Energy Control Dispatchers maintained paper lists of electric linemen and water servicemen who could take a callout, also known as a request for emergency or special work at an unusual time or place. When dispatchers now receive information about an outage or a leak, they use the ARCOS callout and scheduling software to alert crews in seconds. More… Leading European Utility Adopts Ventyx-Powered Smart Grid Control Center in Sweden. Global energy leader E.ON selects Ventyx software for strategic smart grid initiative to support region’s growing demand for reliable and sustainable power: Ventyx, an ABB company, today announced that world-leading energy service provider E.ON has selected a comprehensive set of Ventyx software solutions to underpin its new smart grid control center in Sweden. E.ON is one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies, serving more than 26 million customers in over 30 countries. More… 10 • UTILITY HORIZONS • Q2 - 2013 Mergers & Acquisitions… Clevest Strengthens Leadership Position in Utility Market with Acquisition of ITLogica’s Mobility & Integration Business Unit: Clevest Solutions Inc., a leading provider of mobile workforce automation software including smart grid operations exclusively for the utility industry, announced that it has acquired ITLogica’s Mobility & Integration business unit. Clevest has been creating jobs in the U.S. and now has ofﬁces and employees in seven states. More… Stafﬁng & Appointments… Tollgrade Appoints Thomas J. Kolb Chief Operating Ofﬁcer Responsible for driving operational excellence and growth of Tollgrade’s award-winning solutions in the Broadband and Smart Grid markets: Tollgrade Communications, Inc., a global leader in providing service assurance solutions to the world’s largest utilities and telecommunications providers, announced today that Thomas J. Kolb has been promoted to Chief Operating Ofﬁcer (COO), a new position in Tollgrade. As COO, Kolb will continue to report to Ed Kennedy, President and CEO of Tollgrade and provide the strategic and operational leadership over all aspects of Tollgrade’s global Broadband and Smart Grid business units. More… Other News… Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative Welcomes Three New Members companies join effort to drive consumer awareness of Smart Grid: The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) is pleased to announce the addition of three new member companies to join the collaborative in the second quarter of 2013: California Center for Sustainable Energy, Cobb EMC and CPS Energy. “We are pleased to welcome these companies into SGCC,” said SGCC Executive Director Patty Durand. “They will help bring the most important element of the smart grid into focus—consumers.” More… ZigBee Alliance Completes Smart Energy Proﬁle 2 (SEP 2) Standard Document available for download: The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies, creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced it has completed development and ratiﬁed the Smart Energy Proﬁle 2 (SEP 2) standard. SEP 2 provides IP-based information and control for energy management in Home Area Networks (HANs), for both wired and wireless networks. More… Increased Automation Helps Water & Wastewater Industry Improve Business Processes: ARC believes that the water & wastewater industry represents one of the greatest opportunities for the automation business through the next 20 years. Throughout much of the developed world, including North America, Western Europe, and Japan, the existing water & wastewater infrastructure is aging rapidly and often suffering from neglect. According to ARC’s recent report “Automation Expenditures for Water & Wastewater Industry Global Market Research Study”, automation expenditures in the water & wastewater industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8 percent over the next ﬁve years. More… uhQ www.UtilityHorizons.com http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/MA-Clevest.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/PA-Milsoft.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/CA-Tantalus.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/SA-Tollgrade.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/CA-MetroWater.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/ON-SGCC.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/ON-ZigBee.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/CA-Snohomish-ARCOS.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/ON-ARCWeb.pdf http://www.utilityhorizons.com/q2-2013/CA-EON-Ventyx.pdf http://www.UtilityHorizons.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Utility Horizons - Second Quarter 2013

Utility Horizons - Second Quarter 2013
Publisher’s Message
Contents
The Queue
Automation Rising!
Inside Tracks
Focal Point
Automation and Innovation at Epcor Water Services
BLeading Edge: Advanced Technology Perspectives
Consumer Engagement: The Future Goes Mobile
Demand Response: Why the Future Is in the Cloud
Building Paths to Smarter Water Management
Bullet-Proofing Your Scada System Against the Evil-Doers
Education Matters
Standard Bearings
Regulation De Rigueur
On the Horizon
Purviews
Intersections
Eventualities
Thinking It Through With Sparky Flamedrop
Loose Ends

Utility Horizons - Second Quarter 2013

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