Broadband Power Line 2008

There is only one place to learn how important BPL has become to every electric utility.

SMART GRIDS: If you are even thinking about any kind of smart grid application - from smart metering to distribution automation - you need to consider BPL as a technology to enable Smart Grid and understand where it works best.

COMMUNITY BROADBAND: Using BPL to deliver high-speed broadband service to entire communities, utilities are providing consumers affordable access to rural and underserved areas. You need to learn from those that are succeeding with commercial BPL how they make it work.

TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS: Whether you are enabling Smart Grid or providing commercial services, you need to know all of your technology options - including BPL - and you also need to look to the future in terms of your technology requirements. Find out how BPL works and where it is working in the U.S. and around the world.

PLUS: Attendees will receive a copy of the UPLC/UTC Research Report "New Directions for Broadband Over Power Line" [1] as a part of their registration fee AND the opportunity to tour CenterPoint Energy's intelligent grid demonstration facility and see BPL in action.

Whether you're responsible for building your utility's communications networks or work on the customer service side and need to better understand your smart grid options, Broadband Power Line 2008 is a must-attend meeting. If you're looking at how your municipal electric company or rural cooperative can help bring broadband to your community before AT&T or Verizon think you deserve it, you have to be here. If your company is selling broadband technologies to utilities - whether it is BPL of not - you cannot afford not to be represented at Broadband Power Line 2008.

And, don't forget - register before August 13th and save hundreds of dollars.