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Transmission and Distribution 2012 P6

• Ventyx SCADA/EMS sold to Chile, Uruguay utilities
  

  The new contracts, with CDEC-SIC in Chile and UTE in Uruguay, highlight the growing momentum behind the company's robust software solutions in this expanding market

• Nexans earns certification for Dow cables
  

  The certification covers four separate cable insulation systems for medium voltage power distribution cables rated for 15 kV to 46 kV

• Semaphore strikes SCADA distribution agreement with InstruLogic Corp.
  

  Based on Round Hill, Virginia, InstruLogic is a Semaphore authorized distributor for customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

• ABB commissions three 765kV substations for Power Grid Corp. of India
  

  The projects form part of PGCIL's plans for building a strong national grid by 2012. From the current inter-regional power flow capacity of 27,950 MW, the utility aims to take the capacity up to 80,000 mw through four main regional transmission grids

• Columbia transmission group plans transmission projects
  

  Three of the tenders eyed by the company will be held in Peru, consisting of 220 kV lines Carhuaquero-Cajamarca Norte-Moyobamba, Moyobamba-Iquitos and Machupicchu-Tintaya

• Panoramic Power commercializes smart energy asset management system
  

  The cloud-based (SaaS) P3E platform provides building owners and operators with actionable data on the energy consumption of individual devices

• ENAMC picks Itron to deploy data collection system in Algeria
  

  ENAMC, a subsidiary of Sonelgaz, will use Itron smart metering technology at 58 distribution centers across the country

• Exelon, Constellation fund new energy exhibit at Maryland Science Center
  

  Expected to open in late 2013, the exhibit will educate visitors about the full scope and complexity of how humans generate and use energy, from the power plants that produce electricity to the power lines that deliver it to customers' homes

• Survalent commissions new SCADA system for Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative
  

  Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative is a nonprofit, member-owned electric utility serving 12,900 customers in Allen, Erie, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and Wyandot counties, spanning across more than 1,800 miles of line

• Siberian electric grid upgraded with 3M cables
  

  3M ACCR is a lightweight, low-sag, high-capacity conductor that can carry twice the current or more of conventional steel-core conductors of the same diameter, on existing towers

• ABB completes acquisition of Thomas & Betts
  

  The acquisition of Thomas & Betts advances ABB's strategy of expanding its low voltage products division into new geographies, sectors and products

• Contracts awarded for CREZ transmission line construction
  

  Under the expanded master agreement, Quanta has the exclusive right initially to negotiate the construction of the entire 460 miles of new 345-kV transmission line projects in west Texas

• Members elect Sarah Rogers to PJM Interconnection board
  

  Rogers fills the vacancy arising from the retirement of Lynn W. Eury, who, as an original board member in 1997, served for 15 years

• PJM invests $2 billion in transmission upgrades to cope with plant retirements
  

  Since November, generation owners in PJM have announced plans to retire nearly 14,000 MW of generation between May 2012 and the end of 2015

• Eaton to buy Cooper Industries for $11.8 billion
  

  Eaton will pay a nearly 30 percent premium in this proposed deal as it seeks to diversify its offering of goods and services to the electrical equipment sector

• Cambium Networks, S&C Electric Co. join to improve smart grid communications
  

  Cambium Networks' point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless broadband radio platforms further expand S&C's existing portfolio

• FirstEnergy unit Penelec to consolidate operations
  

  FirstEnergy Corp. unit Pennsylvania Electric Co. will consolidate its service operations to increase efficiency and to enhance response times in the utility's Altoona, Ebensburg, Bedford and Huntingdon areas

• China, Russia, India become big customers for power transformers
  

  Global power transformer markets are expected to grow along with demand, with China and India as key current markets and Russia set to witness a growth in the future.

• Viridity Energy to launch program to enhance system reliability
  

  American Electric Power will deploy Viridity Energy's VPower platform at its Columbus headquarters to actively manage and optimize their electric load.

• H.I.G. Capital buys Comverge, Inc.
  

  H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a global private equity investment firm, has announced the acquisition of Comverge, Inc.

• Brazil state utility studies feasibility of 13 new hydro facilities
  

  Brazilian state-run energy research Co. EPE will study the viability of 13 new hydroelectric power plants in the next few years.

• Vestas to supply three wind farms in South Africa
  

  Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems has been chosen as supplier for three South African wind power projects.

• Mitsubishi opens engineering center for nuclear business
  

  Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc. announced the opening of its Charlotte Engineering Center

• 2011 Utility Solar Rankings Report released
  

  The report ranks utilities nationally, by region and by utility type

• Spectra Energy expansion project creates jobs
  

  During the planning and construction phases of the project, more than 5,200 direct and indirect jobs will be created in and around local host communities