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UTC Alert -May 13, 2008
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| Monthly news bulletin for
and about the members of the UTILITIES TELECOM COUNCIL- The
Telecommunications and Information Technology Association for
Utility, Energy, and Other Critical Infrastructure Companies
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UTC Hosts Successful UTC TELECOM 2008
UTC TELECOM 2008 was UTC's largest Annual Conference to date. The conference hosted interesting presentations and a SOLD OUT exhibit hall. Attendees can now download presentations online. Instructions will be emailed but the username and password can also be found on page 4 of the on-site program book.
During the conference, UTC hosted several Award presentations and the winners of each are listed below. Please join us in congratulating these winners:
UTC Apex Award Winners
Winner - San Diego Gas & Electric
1st Runner Up - City of Princeton, IL
2nd Runner Up - Procempa, Brazil
UTC EXPO 2008 Product Award Winners
Best Wireless Equipment - Adapt4 Product: XG2Plus IP Radio
Best Telecom Equipment - Corning Incorporated Product: Corning ClearCurveTM Optical Fiber
Best Telecom Services - MegaSys Computer Technologies Service: Telenium
Best Smart Meter/Smart Grid Products/Services - LightRiver Technologies, Inc. Product/Service: Cornet - "SmartEdge"
UTC Awards Dinner Winners
Dondanville Award - Joe Lackey
Meehan Award - Allen Garrison, SRP Telecom
Chairman's Awards -
- Tim Frost, Consolidated Edison, for his leadership roles in both the UPLC and UTC's strategic planning process
- Rusty Williams, Southern Company, for his contributions to the education and training task force and as the chair of the strategic planning committee
- Ron Beck, Central Lincoln People's Utility District, for his continued leadership in the role of Technical Division Chair
- Murray Matiowsky as Chairman of UTC Canada in honor of the strides UTC Canada has made in securing valuable spectrum for critical infrastructure
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New UTC Board of Directors Elected
During the UTC Annual Membership Meeting hosted on May 7, 2008, the following board members were elected. Please join us in congratulating them!
CHAIRMAN: Rusty Williams, Manager-Planning & Engineering,
Southern Company
VICE CHAIRMAN: Jeff Katz, Enterprise IT Consultant, PSEG Services Corporation
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Troy West, Manager of Telecom Services, Cleco Corporation
DIRECTORS - TERM ENDING MAY 2011:
- Greg Angst, CenterPoint Energy
- Richard Boss, First Energy
- Joe Griffin, We Energies
- Mike Lowe, Blue Ridge EMC
- Michael Sherman, SRP Telecom
- Mike Zaccagnino, Sierra Pacific Resources
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UTC Spectrum Services Launches WRAP Service
UTC Spectrum Services' Wireless Regulatory Asset Protection (WRAP) service is set up to manage all of your license information. In fact, it's like having a full-time staff member
whose sole job taking care of your licenses. Turning over this function to UTC Spectrum Services frees up your time for more important responsibilities, while assuring that your
licenses remain in compliance with FCC Rules. For more information on this service, click here. You can also
contact UTC Spectrum Services by emailing spectrumservices@utc.org or calling 202.872.0030.
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Plan Now for UTC Canada Conference
Utilities in Canada are encouraged to plan now to attend the 2008 Canadian Utility Telecom Conference
scheduled for September 8-11, 2008 at The Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, MB.
You can register by faxing in this
registration form.
For more information, contact meetings@utc.org.
Current UTC Members receive a discount to attend the conference. UTC Canada actively represents the interests of all utility telecom/IT professionals
in Canada by working to pave the way for increased access to spectrum and other advocacy issues. For more information on membership, visit www.utccanada.ca or call 1.202.833.6816.
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UPLC is the Best Resource for BPL
The United Power Line Council (UPLC) is an alliance of electric utilities, technology companies and building owners working together to drive the development of Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
in a manner that helps utilities and their partners succeed. We support BPL so strongly because of the versatility that it provides - versatility that utilities need now more than ever.
Smart Grid, reliability, cybersecurity - these are all popular industry buzzwords for secure, reliable communications networks. But for utilities to get there, they need two-way real-time
communications that reach all the way to the customer. They need a technology that is effective in rural and underground environments, as well as suburban and urban areas and on overhead lines.
BPL combines these capabilities with additional features and functionalities (such as smart-home and smart-appliance applications) over an all-IP network that enables interoperable communications
between a variety of devices that support utility applications. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend Broadband Power Line 2008, UPLC's Annual Conference, scheduled for September 10 - 12, 2008
at the Houston Marriott West Loop in Houston, Texas. Find out more information about the conference here.
Membership is an even better value in 2008, with new lower rates for Principal Membership ($5,000 per member company) to encourage strong supporters of BPL to step up and become an active member
in the process. For more information, visit the newly re-designed www.uplc.org or call 202.833.6816.
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Join UtiliSite Council Today
The membership of the UtiliSite Council is growing! Launched last fall, the Council is an organization of utilities that offers a
wide variety of support services for commercial wireless carriers, including antenna sitings, traffic backhaul and construction.
We enhance every member utility's ability to market their services to carriers through the collective strength of all member organizations. UtiliSite Council members represent
over 36,000 available collocation sites. We aim to be a "one-stop shop" for utility collocation opportunities. We are a reliable
source for information on the best way to work with carriers, template contracts and marketing of collocation opportunities. Your
real estate is appealing to wireless carriers, and the Council can get your real-estate and collocation staff up to speed much quicker
than it would take to grow your business alone. Principal Membership for utilities is only $5,000 and lasts through December 31, 2008.
Visit us online at www.utilisite.utc.org to find out more about the Council, to view the membership value proposition, or for
instructions on how to enroll. For more information, contact Karnel Thomas, VP-Member Services, at 202.833.6816 or
karnel.thomas@utc.org.
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Now Is The Time To Get Involved With UTC!
There are plenty of ways to get involved with UTC! UTC's Divisions and Committees provide a forum in which our members can network with their peers on specific issues that
interest them. In 2008, the Divisions and Committees have a wide variety of issues they are working on and are looking for volunteers for as little or as much time as
you have available to help. If you are interested in volunteering for a Division or Committee or finding out more about their initiatives, please contact Karnel Thomas,
VP-Member Services, at 202.833.6816 or karnel.thomas@utc.org.
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Don't Miss UTC's May Webinar
UTC has an interesting Webinar planned for next week, specifically May 21, 2008, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EDT called Using Spread-Spectrum to Improve SCADA Communications.
The session presenter, Al King, Applications Engineer for GE MDS, will explore ways in which entities are using spread-spectrum today and planned uses for future growth. To register and find out
more about the Webinar, click here.
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UTC Research Update
UTC Research Reports provide a starting point for energy and water companies when building future technology plans. For technology partners, reports can provide independent statistics to
help you sell your products and services. Visit the NEW, IMPROVED UTC Book Store today at www.utc.org/research/reports/ to see a list of all
our reports in one location. Three of our most recent reports are featured below. AS PART OF UTC TELECOM 2008, SEVERAL UTC RESEARCH REPORTS ARE
ON SALE. TO ORDER AT THE SALE PRICE, YOU MUST USE THIS FORM AND ORDER BY MAY 31,2008.
UTC Research Report Preview -
Smart Grids: Building a Strategic and Technology Roadmap
Are you tired of the hype surrounding "Smart Grids"? Is your utility looking for pragmatic perspective and guidance on how to get beyond
the platitudes and move toward implementation?
As you know by now, utilities are being driven by regulatory, market, and societal pressures to automate systems by integrating
information management technologies with grid operations. Communications technologies are central to enabling system automation
applications that will enable utilities to cut costs, maximize assets, and improve customer service and power reliability while
helping reduce carbon emissions.
But utilities require a vision, unique to each utility's specific situation, that helps management prioritize current and future
applications, and is built on an understanding of the utility’s business requirements and goals. Utility management needs perspective
on which applications to rollout on what timeline and with what enabling communications and IT technologies. "Smart Grids: Building a
Strategic and Technology Roadmap," is being produced by UTC and KEMA, Inc. to provide detailed and pragmatic perspective and guidance
on this paramount issue for utility management. UTC Research is still looking for sponsors for this report. For more information on the report or to sponsor, email
Aldo Morri, Director of Research.
Advanced Metering Infrastructure: Smart Metering Meets the Smart Grid
For the past 20 years, utilities have focused considerable resources on Automated Meter Reading (AMR), but there has been a clear
transition from the classic AMR approach to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). UTC's newest report Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI): "Smart" Metering Meets the Smart Grid; delves further into the evolution of AMI. If you are looking at an
AMI solution for your utility, this report can help you build a better business case to present to management, understand where
AMI is headed in the future and examine how early implementations have worked thus far using a variety of technologies. As the
best-known and most widely used Smart Grid application, even if you aren't looking to implement AMI in the near term, you should
know more about it to prepare yourself when the time comes. Interested? Feel free to read the Table of Contents
and Executive Summary
and then order the report here.
BPL Growth Now Tied to Smart Grids
UTC Research released its latest report on Broadband over Power Line (BPL) in January. The report, New Directions for Broadband
over Power Line: 2007, updates the status of BPL deployment, outlines the opportunities and challenges for the industry, and
concludes that the future is now for BPL in 2008. UTC is the authority on BPL, and it has been reporting on this technology
since 1998. So much has happened since our last report in 2006 that you can't afford to miss out on the latest news,
particularly as utilities undertake huge investments in smart-grid technologies. Interested? Feel free to read the Table of
Contents and
Executive Summary and then order the report here.
For more information on any of the reports mentioned above, call UTC Director of Research Aldo Morri at 202.833.6828 or
aldo.morri@utc.org.
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JOBS.UTC.ORG - Search the Latest Listings at No Charge
No one knows more about the needs of utility telecom/IT professionals than the Utilities Telecom Council! UTC's Career Center has
been designed to help member organizations and others find the perfect candidate to fill their most important positions. We've made
it easy to tap into the wealth of talent that UTC represents. At the same time, professionals in the field can view the latest job
opportunities available 24 hours a day. Check out the latest positions listed through the Career Center. For more information,
visit jobs.utc.org.
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Upcoming Events
| September 2008 |
| 8-11 |
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2008 Canadian Utility Telecom Conference
The Fairmont Hotel
Winnipeg, MB
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| 10-12 |
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Broadband Power Line 2008
Houston Marriott West Loop by the Galleria
Houston, TX
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| 11-12 |
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2008 Region 9 Technical Conference
Best Western Agate Beach
Newport, Oregon
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| 18-19 |
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2008 UTC Region 2 Meeting
Sheraton Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ
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| 25-26 |
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2008 UTC Region 1 Meeting
Crowne Plaza Nashua
Nashua, NH
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| October 2008 |
| 1-2 |
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Region 3 Fall 2008 Meeting
Fredericksburg Hospitality House & Conference Center
Fredericksburg, VA
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| 2 |
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2008 UTC Region 8 Fall Technical Meeting
Hilton Salt Lake City Center
Salt Lake City, UT
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| 16-17 |
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2008 UTC Region 4 Meeting
Sheraton Lansing
Lansing, MI
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| 27-28 |
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2008 Joint Use Conference
Embassy Suites Hotel, Phoenix-Scottsdale
Phoenix, AZ
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