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operational efficiencies and anticipates empowering its customers to better manage energy usage and lower energy costs. Glasgow EPB is one of the 155 Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) power distributors, and an active member of the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA). TVPPA represents utilities who receive power from the TVA, a federally owned corporation providing electricity for nine million people across southeastern states. As part of its decades- long work toward its vision of Infotricity, Glasgow EPB will install more than 7500 Elster smart meters before July 2015. Glasgow EPB is the latest TVA power distributor to
partner with Elster as part of the TVA’s move toward TOU rates. Using Elster EnergyAxis, Glasgow EPB is rolling out advanced metering and communications technologies to provide these new rate options, giving the utility’s consumers greater control of their energy use and costs.
Integrating smart meter data Intergraph has partnered with meter data management (MDM) provider eMeter to integrate smart meter data into its smart grid operations command-and-control centre. Te integration will provide grid operators with consolidated end-to-end network visibility and management capabilities to provide utilities with the full operational benefits of their advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meter deployments for use in outage detection and response. Te centre integrates the various technologies that make up a smart grid – including outage management, distribution management, Scada, infrastructure management and smart meters – into a consolidated, easy-to-use interface to maximise end-to-end grid efficiency. By joining eMeter’s integrated MDM (iMDM)
partner programme, Intergraph will ensure future interoperability between its smart grid control centre technology and eMeter’s EnergyIP platform, making it easier for joint utility customers to integrate smart meters and AMI into their grids. “Intergraph provides a key piece of the smart grid
puzzle,” said Lisa Caswell, vice president of alliances for eMeter. “Te clear integration of smart grid information into a consolidated, user-friendly interface is a unique and necessary capability, and eMeter is pleased that Intergraph will be enabling utilities to easily incorporate advanced meter information into their views.”
As an open MDM platform, the eMeter EnergyIP platform offers utilities choice and flexibility in selecting from multiple AMI systems for their smart grid initiatives. Many of the industry’s leading AMI and smart meter vendors have already joined the iMDM programme. Intergraph is one of the first upstream solution providers to proactively incorporate rich smart meter information through the iMDM programme. ●
High performance applications
Flexible, safe, modular AUMA offer a complete range of multi-turn and part-turn actuators as well as linear thrust units. The sophisticated requirements of power plants are met with absolute reliability in compliance with international regulations. ■
Standardised interface to DCS for all actuator sizes and types ■ High torques for high pressure valves Fieldbus technology
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Integration into Plant Asset Management Systems ■ Reliable in long-term duty
■ ■ Globally recognised service quality Actuators for the power plant industry
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