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This web site is the home for industry-leading publications covering the electric industry - Electric Light & Power and POWERGRID International, and Utility Products.

This site provides daily news on a number of topics, including smart grid, T&D, metering, energy efficiency and demand response, renewable generation and customer service.

The site also has articles from the magazines' current issues and access to years of searchable editorial archives. Check the calendar of events for PennWell energy events and other industry-related conferences.

Refer to the Buyers Guides for vendor, product and service information. An online store offers industry books and videos.

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About Electric Light & Power magazine

Known as the voice of the electric utility industry since 1922, Electric Light & Power is the authoritative source of electric industry business news for electric utility executives and management.

Each month, Electric Light & Power provides insight into industry news, financial, legal and regulatory issues, and reviews T&D, technology, information systems, customer systems, and electric and gas trading trends.

This single source provides a broad view of the electric utility industry, with in-depth analysis of key business issues and regular interviews with industry leaders.

Electric Light & Power is part of the PennWell Global Energy Group.

About POWERGRID International (formerly Utility Automation & Engineering T&D) magazine

POWERGRID International magazine provides information about the latest automation and control technologies used in electric power transmission and distribution. Our mission is to serve as a tool for today's utilities, providing knowledge on technologies that improve reliability and power system operations.

POWERGRID International's coverage includes such technologies as distribution automation, substation automation, SCADA/EMS, outage management systems, AMR, AM/FM/GIS, enterprise integration, mobile computing and customer service technologies.

Readers of POWERGRID International are utility professionals, energy service providers, managers, engineers, and consultants.

POWERGRID International is part of PennWell's Global Energy Group.

About Utility Products magazine

Utility Products, published since 1997, is a monthly magazine that provides influential product information to the decision makers and specifiers in the power, telephone and CATV markets. Our readership of nearly 50,000 is 100 percent BPA qualified, and includes utilities, municipalities and contractors. Our goal at Utility Products is to provide readers with an interesting, reliable source of information at their fingertips prior to making purchasing decisions.


In addition to providing in-depth articles written by Utility Products editors, the magazine accepts articles, news stories, and new product information for publication from qualified outside contributors. For more information on submitting articles and other utilities-related material to Utility Products,

About the PennWell Global Energy Group

PennWell's Global Energy Group, of which Electric Light & Power, POWERGRID International and Utility Products are all members, currently hosts nine of the world's largest and most comprehensive power conferences and exhibitions in the world.

The group also publishes six of the most respected trade publications in the power industry, covering the generation, transmission and distribution sectors of the power industry.


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