Southern Pine Electric Power Association (SPEPA) has entered into an agreement with Cooper Power Systems for its power line carrier (PLC) advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution.

Carlos Arturo Flórez Piedrahita, Executive Secretary, Olade

Energy efficiency is a priority resource for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to delegates at a recent seminar organised by the Latin American energy association, Olade, in Quito, Ecuador.

Rogelio Pagano, CFO, Edenor

Buenos Aires utility Edenor has selected Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing and Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence applications to enhance customer service in an increasingly complex, highly regulated market.

The number of energy customers in debt in the U.K. remained stable during 2007, although there were small increases in the average debt per customer and an increase in overall disconnection levels, according to Ofgem’s latest review of domestic supplier social obligations.

Communications provider AT&T and Itron Inc. have announced that Itron's OpenWay advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) solution will be delivered over AT&T’s high speed cellular network to give utilities two-way communications for access to data from meters throughout their systems.

Bruno Armbrust, President, CEG

The gas sector has been growing year by year in Brazil and Latin America and today Grupo Gás Natural – the technical operator of CEG and CEG RIO – is the leader in the distribution of gas in the region, serving more than 5 million customers, says Bruno Armbrust, president of CEG.

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In the early 1960s, some technologically curious people discovered how to illegally route telephone calls without cost through the AT&T North American telephone switching network. What was their tool of entry?

India has been able to achieve high economic growth rates, averaging around 8% p.a., over the past couple of years. There is a need to achieve even better figures – preferably around 10% – in the power sector in the country, because the Indian government has committed itself to provide power to all by 2012.

Robert Machlin has joined Echelon as senior vice president, products, replacing Robert Maxfield who has filled the position on an interim basis since April of this year.

Imagine stumbling into your kitchen first thing on a hectic weekday morning. Your kitchen recognizes your presence and awakens with you. Lights come on over the sink and microwave, but not the stove. The kitchen knows you don’t cook in the morning. The coffee maker kicks on.