PHI Showcases Shovel Ready Smart Grid Projects on Capitol Hill
Monday, April 20, 2009
Pepco Holdings, Inc, Participates in AMI Presentation to US Senate Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, April 20, Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), participated in a wide reaching presentation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) projects to US Senate staff. The event held in the Hart Senate Office Building also featured major AMI vendors and PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia.
William Gausman, PHI Senior Vice President for Asset Management and Planning, delivered the presentation that showcased the AMI shovel ready projects of the corporation’s three electric distribution companies Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric.
“We wanted the Senate staff to have a clear visual concept of how PHI’s AMI/Smart Grid technology will increase the reliability of the electric system by providing early detection of outages and the ability to automatically isolate damage so that power is restored quickly and safely,” explained Gausman.
To that end, PHI has selected Silver Spring Networks (SSN) to provide the networking products and services necessary to build its Smart Grid network. PHI has also contracted with GE Energy and Landis+Gyr to provide the first of what could be nearly two million smart meters for installation in the homes and businesses of its customers in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia over the next five years.
Smart meters record electricity usage in more detail than conventional meters and customers will be able to access and use this information to better manage their energy bills.
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PHI is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about 1.9 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey. PHI subsidiaries Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric provide regulated electricity service; Delmarva Power also provides natural gas service. PHI provides competitive wholesale generation services through Conectiv Energy and retail energy products and services through Pepco Energy Services.
