Southern California Edison (SCE) is planning a demonstration project, scheduled to launch on June 30, 2013, that will include electric-distribution infrastructure, substations, residential homes, cyber security networks, battery energy storage systems, and EV charging stations at the University of California, Irvine.

Paul Smith’s College has installed smart meters in all of the campus’ 15 residence halls to let students see how much impact their energy conservation efforts are having. Currently, a television in the Student Center displays the energy updates in real time and eventually the information will be available on the Internet.

At the United States–Turkey Smart Grid Workshop in Istanbul, United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director Leocadia I. Zak reasserted the Agency’s commitment to assisting Turkey achieve its energy sector expansion goals.

Smart Grid News has named Sensus winner of the 2013 Companies to Watch award. A recent survey of more than 180 utilities found that they were losing $9.6 billion each year from leaked water and utilities worldwide can save up to $12.5 billion a year by implementing a smart water network.

Honeywell and Opower have introduced new technology designed to help utilities attract more homeowners to voluntary programs that decrease electricity usage and help create an effective energy grid without having to build new power plants.

GE Energy Financial Services is auctioning 15 megawatts of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity across its Linden, NJ, variable frequency transformer (VFT) smart grid project that enables a controlled transmission path between electrical grids. The auction will take place in April.

Enel has announced that the total revenues of the Enel Green Power Group amounted to 2.7 billion euros in 2012, an eight percent increase over its 2011 totals. The increases it attributed to electricity sales resulting from higher output in Iberia, Latin America, North America, and the rest of Europe.

Siemens Canada’s new home base in Fredericton, New Brunswick, includes a smart grid centre of competence (COC) and a research & development (R&D) centre. The facility is part of Siemens’ multi-year partnership with NB Power.

Nighthawk has secured an initial order from Saipan’s Commonwealth Utilities Corporation to deliver electric meters with Nighthawk communications technology, a solution that will help CUC improve collections and reduce costs.

Cyan’s CyLec smart electricity metering technology has been deployed as part of a smart grid pilot in India. John Cronin, Cyan executive chairman says, “We are delighted that one of our key strategic partners has implemented a further pilot in India, demonstrating an additional step in the adoption of CyLec as a standard for smart electricity metering across India.”

Nexant has launched its GRID360 Distribution Manager, a simulation software application that enables utilities to control unpredictable power flow in the grid due to distributed generation, renewable integration, micro-grids, and demand response.

Delmarva Power has announced plans to host a community meeting on February 20 to provide information about the utility’s proposal to build a new high-voltage transmission line between Millington’s Church substation and the Wye Mills substation. The community meeting will give the public an opportunity to ask questions about the $31.3 million project that is designed to enhance electric service reliability on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, especially for customers in Queen Anne’s, Talbot and Caroline counties.

The editors of POWERGRID International magazine and PennWell Corp have named Duke Energy’s battery installation at the Rankin Substation in Mount Holly Project of the Year for integrating renewable energy into the grid.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has entered into the second phase of a cooperative agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance for an innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Illinois.

The Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) reports it needs more powers from the UK Government to address improper energy deals to businesses in order to protect small business customers. The regulator is also developing a brokers’ code of conduct so protect businesses.

Enel Green Power (EGP) has placed 19 new photovoltaic plants into operation, which has a total installed capacity of 42 MW. An additional 15 MW has been put into service by ESSE, a joint venture between EGP and Sharp, bringing EGP’s total installed capacity in Greece to approximately 290 MW.

Echelon and the Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) have successfully completed a trial of Echelon’s innovative Edge Control Node (ECN) 7000 control node, which set the foundation for CMLP’s continued exploration of additional smart grid functionality.

Itron is collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies on a next-generation smart energy platform that will combine Itron’s OpenWay smart meters with Qualcomm Technologies’ Gobi MDM8x15 multi-mode modem and integrated application processor. The new Itron smart meters will bring greater choices to utility customers deploying smart metering solutions.

Tollgrade Communications has launched new cellular sensors, which help utilities improve asset management and increase reliability by analyzing and digesting grid health data into meaningful and actionable intelligence. The new sensors are a cellular version of its LightHouse Medium Voltage (MV) distribution line sensors.

Tendril has introduced a new version of Tendril Energize, the company’s home energy management application suite, which increases the number of customers utilities can offer energy efficiency and demand management programs. The new release also offers support for customers who are not connected to a smart meter or an Automatic Meter Reading/Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMR/AMI) network as well as . Another is an enhanced mobile experience for the iPhone.