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	<title>KEMA Utility of the Future</title>
	
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	<description>Utility of the Future</description>
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		<title>APS revamps QI program, energizes contractor activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Public Service (APS) has discovered a secret to energizing a sluggish program called the WIIFY (“what’s in it for you”) model. This novel approach has successfully engaged more than 210 contractors in the residential AC Quality Installation (QI) program, has increased the volume of rebate payments, and has delivered verifiable energy savings. The picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer blitz meetings spark energy savings for AEP Ohio program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KEMA Connects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After launching a new outreach initiative for its business energy efficiency programs in the second half of 2011, AEP Ohio is in the enviable position of almost having too much work. Fondly dubbed “customer blitz meetings,” the effort netted an impressive number of rebate applications, strengthened customer relations, and helped the program achieve its energy-savings goal for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities to improve efficiency in compressed air systems</title>
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		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/opportunities-to-improve-efficiency-in-compressed-air-systems#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KEMA Connects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compressed air systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy storage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compressed air systems, like water and steam lines, have been around a long time. And like other parts of an aging infrastructure, there are many ways to gain efficiencies today by turning to new technology and improved designs. There is a lot of energy to be saved by making some basic changes—the key is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KEMA analysis: LED costs dropping</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/8FOW_7PXle0/kema-analysis-led-costs-dropping</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/kema-analysis-led-costs-dropping#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KEMA Connects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy-efficient lighting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What can energy efficiency programs tell us about the cost of LEDs? Recent analysis of program data at one utility shows LED costs are dropping. KEMA reviewed two years of invoices and specification sheets from more than 50 paid screw-in lamp projects. Based on that data, the cost of LED lamps incented through the program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can your entity meet ERCOT compliance requirements?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/H3ink-9IZU4/can-your-entity-meet-ercot-compliance-requirements</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/can-your-entity-meet-ercot-compliance-requirements#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RaymondGilby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TECH Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERCOT compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NERC compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State energy and utility regulations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scheduling entities and transmission operators within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region are subject to protocol compliance audits. Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (Texas RE) monitors compliance with ERCOT Protocols and Operating Guides for the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), as outlined on the Texas RE website: Any organization that is registered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How advanced metering has rocked the utility revenue protection world</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/f9nd_2prYp0/how-advanced-metering-has-rocked-the-utility-revenue-protection-world</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/how-advanced-metering-has-rocked-the-utility-revenue-protection-world#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CraigBialy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utility communication networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Meters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility customers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utility revenue protection activities are not like they used to be. Advancements in meter technology, reading, and data collection have had a major impact on revenue protection department operations, and for some utilities, present opportunities for a paradigm shift. Meter reading in the field With the manual meter reading process, meter readers—utility employees—in the field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing supplier risk for smart grid implementation</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/6pqCOGce5HM/managing-supplier-risk-for-smart-grid-implementation</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/managing-supplier-risk-for-smart-grid-implementation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrianPugliese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utility communication networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart grid investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility of the future]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utilities contemplate investments of tens to hundreds of millions of dollars for the procurement of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart grid systems. Their objectives vary from power system optimization to preparation for the utility of the future, where customers become actively engaged in managing both energy consumption and production, such as photovoltaic systems and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PV effects on distribution systems</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/dldIslw6nec/pv-effects-on-distribution-systems</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/pv-effects-on-distribution-systems#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DennisFlinn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TECH Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distributed generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribution systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[load]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Distributed generation (DG) is being implemented across the nation’s electric grid in ever-expanding ways. During the last few years alone, we have seen major increases in grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) DG. Nearly 1 GW of installed PV capacity is now distributed across the country’s electric grid. The Solar Energy Industries Association reported that grid-installed PV capacity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power system automation drives the need for smart grid</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/R2B7fmfEFJE/power-system-automation-drives-the-need-for-smart-grid</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/power-system-automation-drives-the-need-for-smart-grid#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility automation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As more devices are implemented throughout the power system, the amount of information exchange increases, as well as the demands on transmission and distribution (T&#38;D) infrastructure. Utilities not only face the challenge to process data into practical, efficient instructions, but also to integrate these new technologies so they are interoperable—work together to form the smart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcome smart grid interoperability testing challenges</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KEMAUtilityFuture/~3/LvasC5oa3NY/overcome-smart-grid-interoperability-testing-challenges</link>
		<comments>http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/overcome-smart-grid-interoperability-testing-challenges#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Grid Interop Lab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kemautilityfuture.com/?p=748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Testing a smart grid product for compatibility and compliance with existing standards and specifications often involves only the product and associated test equipment in a sterile environment. To realize the smart grid vision, networks, systems, products, and applications must be able to exchange and use information securely and effectively—they must be interoperable. When you add [...]]]></description>
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