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1/09/2012

Featured Articles » Jacksonville Electric Extends AMI Management Contract with Landis+Gyr » California Focused on Developing Smarter Utility Practices » Europe Will Eclipse North America as Next Major Smart Meter Market   Sponsor: M2M Evolution Conference The M2M Evolution Conference will focus on the "value proposition" phase of M2M and how real life M2M technologies and applications are helping businesses fuel growth and productivity. This event will explore the role of the network platform and will define how the "cloud" plays a role in delivering M2M solutions. M2M Evolution will also explore the increasing variety of M2M enabled devices. This event is for all vertical industries but will have a particular emphasis on medical applications, including; remote monitoring and diagnostics, patient tracking, claims processing and more. Sessions include a series of analyst insight, real life case studies, and roundtable discussions designed to demonstrate how to exploit these new technologies.   Top Stories » POWRtec Smart Meters to Improve Energy Grid Efficiency » eMeter Recognized as Visionary Within Meter Data Management Market » Guiyang Power Selects Telvent's Smart Grid Technology   From The Expert Corner January 05, 2012 The 'Smart Money' Is on Chicago By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor “The City That Works,” as former Mayor Richard J. Daley used to call Chicago, is getting its population back to work and its power infrastructure in better working order. On January 4, current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Anne Pramaggiore, the new president and COO of the area’s electric utility, Commonwealth Edison, announced key elements of a $1.1 billion electric system infrastructure investment plan that will create a smart grid throughout the city—and, in doing so, generate more than 2,400 jobs. Under this plan, the portion of ComEd’s electric system that serves Chicago will be modernized, starting in 2012. Commonwealth Edison is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, with about 5.4 million customers. ComEd provides service to 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population... Read More    Featured Videos Ecosystem Sessions    Featured Resources » 5 Costly Mistakes IT Providers Make When Selling Business Continuity » Grow Your Bottom-line With a Cloud Data Protection Solution that Adds Value   TMCnet's Blogs » The Premise Network, Part 3 » LodgeNet iPhone App a Germaphobe Dream   Featured Channels » Smarter Utility - ATT » Renewable Energy » Solar Power   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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