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Hometown Connections and energyOrbit Offer Energy Efficiency Programs Management Platform

February 18, 2013  EVERGREEN, Colo. — To help public power utilities offer customers a wide variety of energy efficiency initiatives, Hometown Connections will market the energyOrbit Cloud computing solution for energy efficiency program management. The energyOrbit Web platform enables utilities … Continued

Cyber Security Actions Provide Financial Benefits for Public Power Utilities

This article appears in the January-February 2013 issue of Public Power magazine. By Doug Westlund and Bruce Gordon The media is replete with warnings from the federal government and others of economic catastrophe should the U.S. power grid be attacked. … Continued

Elster Answers Northern California Municipal Utilities’ Need for Advanced Metering Solutions

RALEIGH, NC, December 20 2012 – Elster Solutions today announced two members of the California Municipal Utilities Association, City of Palo Alto Utilities and City of Santa Clara’s Silicon Valley Power (SVP), have selected and implemented advanced metering solutions featuring … Continued

Survalent Technology Commissions New SCADA System Greenville Utilities Commission, North Carolina

MISSISSAUGA, ON — December 18, 2012 — Survalent Technology, the most trusted provider of smart grid solutions for the control room, announced today that it has commissioned a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for Greenville Utilities Commission, … Continued

Orlando Utilities Commission Taps Elster EnergyAxis Solution

December 10, 2012     RALEIGH, NC, December 10, 2012 – Elster Solutions today announced the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC), a municipal utility owned by the citizens of Orlando, Fla., that serves nearly 225,000 customers with electric and water services, has selected … Continued

Palo Alto to Test Advanced Meters, Time-of-Use Rates

The Palo Alto, Calif., City Council authorized the city’s utility to carry out a pilot program testing time-of-use rates and advanced meters. Up to 300 Palo Alto residents will have the opportunity to participate in the new “Residential CustomerConnect and … Continued

Retired Public Power Leaders Share Expertise, Vision through Temporary Job Placements

This article appears in the November-December 2012 issue of Public Power magazine. By Susan Ryba Like most of his public power colleagues, Tim Werdmann wears many hats for the City of Hamilton, Ohio. He began his career with the city … Continued

Taking Advantage of IEDs and Other Automation Advances through Flexible SCADA System

This article appears in the October 2012 issue of Public Power magazine. By Susan Ryba At the City of San Marcos, Texas, Electric Utility, the time had come to replace an antiquated and limited SCADA system. The old system was … Continued

Hometown Connections Annual Award Winners

On August 22 at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Breckenridge, Colo., Hometown Connections announced these award winners in recognition of their outstanding efforts and results in support of the organization and the public power community: 2012 Marketing Affiliate of the … Continued

Public Power Leader Paul Allen Joins Hometown Connections to Coach RP3 Applicants

August 13, 2012: EVERGREEN, Colo. — To help public power electric utilities apply for certification by the American Public Power Association’s Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3®) program, Hometown Connections is welcoming to the staff industry veteran Paul H. Allen, P.E., … Continued