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Border States Electric awarded Xcel Energy integrated supply contract
Jan 22, 2010
Border States Electric (BSE), Fargo, N.D., has been awarded an integrated supply contract to support Xcel Energy’s material requirements in transmission, substations, and gas and electric distribution...

KCP&L Selects Siemens for Smart Grid Demonstration Project
Dec 4, 2009
Siemens Energy Inc. has been selected by electric utility KCP&L, Kansas City, Mo., to provide a Smart Grid demonstration project showing how the latest technologies will enable utilities of the future...

Schneider, Alstom Team for Areva T&D
Dec 4, 2009
Schneider Electric SA has teamed with Alstom SA to enter exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of French nuclear power company Areva’s transmission and distribution operations...

Resin Systems wins $100-million contract with HD Supply Utilities
Nov 20, 2009
Resin Systems Inc., Calgary, Alberta, a manufacturer of advanced composite products for infrastructure markets, has entered into a distribution agreement with HD Supply Utilities, Atlanta...

Honeywell gets smart grid grant
Nov 20, 2009
Honeywell, Minneapolis, announced that it has been awarded an $11.4-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the federal government’s effort to rebuild the nation’s energy grid...

Platinum Equity to acquire Alcan Cable from Rio Tinto
Oct 9, 2009
Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase controlling interest in the Atlanta-based Alcan Cable division of Rio Tinto...

Hubbell completes Burndy acquisition, to operate as stand-alone unit
Oct 9, 2009
Hubbell Inc., Orange, Conn., has completed the purchase of FCI Americas, Inc. (the business known as Burndy) for approximately $360 million in cash (net of cash acquired)....

FPL’s NextEra Energy to power up largest photovoltaic field in U.S.
Oct 9, 2009
Florida Power & Light Co., Juno Beach, Fla., announced Oct. 7 that it expects its DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Fla., to begin delivering electricity to customers later this month — ahead of schedule...

Nanosolar Begins Utility Panel Output
Sep 10, 2009
One of the more intriguing players on the solar stage finally unveiled a bit more of its plans to dominate the solar market....

Cisco expects smart grid market to grow 21 percent per year
May 28, 2009
Cisco Systems predicted this week that the market for smart-grid communications will grow to $20 billion a year over the next five years as the infrastructure is built out...

IEEE to meet on smart grid standards
May 8, 2009
IEEE announced that it will host the first of a series of meetings aimed at developing communication and interoperability standards for controlling the smart grid next month....

We Energies picks Cooper Power Systems demand response system
May 8, 2009
Cooper Power Systems, Waukesha, Wis., has been selected by We Energies of Milwaukee to expand its demand response programs throughout the electricity provider’s service territory....

Cape Electrical Supply acquires Delmo Electric in utility market
Mar 27, 2009
Cape Electrical Supply, Cape Girardeau, Mo., has acquired Delmo Electric, a utility supply company located in Fisk, Mo. Delmo becomes Cape Electrical Supply’s 20th location in a regional marketing area that now expands across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee....

Quanta Bolsters Huge Utility Contract
Feb 27, 2009
Quanta Services Inc., Houston, Texas, and Northeast Utilities (NU), Berlin, Conn., are adding $200 million in services and an extension of two years to...

Echelon joins smart grid coalition
Feb 27, 2009
Echelon Corp., San Jose, Calif., has joined The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG), a trade association for companies that provide products and services in the demand response and smart grid area....

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January 16-18, 2012
NAED Western Conference
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