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Utility Industry News 2008 p5:

• DOOSAN INFRACORE PORTABLE POWER BRINGS POWER GENERATION TRAINING TO ARA RENTECH PROGRAM
  Dan Thomsen, eastern regional manager for Doosan Infracore Portable Power, will be presenting an educational program on generators and power distribution at the American Rental Association of Florida RenTech. This year's program will be held on July 30, 2008, at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla.
• Dominion Virginia Power Selects Elster for Smart Grid Demonstration
  Elster, the global leader in smart metering and smart grid system solutions, announced today that Dominion Virginia Power, one of the nation's largest electricity utilities, has chosen Elster's EnergyAxis® System Smart Grid Solution for use in the utility's recently announced energy conservation plans.
• New fiber optic system delivers savings and eliminates copper wiring at substations
  GE's HardFiber System is designed to reduce protection and control installation and maintenance costs by up to 50 percent through eliminating copper wiring.
• Powel and URMC unite veg management software with risk management services
  Powel Inc. announced that it has formed a partnership with URMC to deliver empirical, risk-specific inventory and analysis data within a hosted service to utility companies.
• Echelon and HCL Infosystems partner to bring smart metering to India
  Echelon Corp. announced that HCL Infosystems Ltd. has become the first value-added reseller of Echelon's Networked Energy Services advanced metering system in India.
• Oncor installs PulseCloser as part of smart grid strategy
  The new device is part of Oncor's initiative to develop an electric grid that will monitor, think, act, repair and prepare itself to respond quickly to consumer needs.
• Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference wraps
  Fleet managers from investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada were joined by supplier representatives at the annual conference where they took part in technical presentations and attended an equipment show.
• Kenworth brochure features new medium duty hybrids for utility apps
  Kenworth's goal is to enhance fuel economy by up to 30 percent in pickup and delivery applications and up to 50 percent in utility operations.
• EDTA welcomes DUECO as a new member
  EDTA, the trade association promoting battery, hybrid, plug-in, and fuel cell electric drive technologies and infrastructure, announced that DUECO has joined its general membership.
• EMCs mark anniversary of tougher copper theft law
  EMCs in Georgia observed the first anniversary of legislation to bring harsher penalties to those charged with metals theft.

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