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EMS, SCADA, DMS Study. The first volume (North America) of this expansive four-volume study will be released in July. We have already surpassed the levels of participation obtained in the past two studies, with more than 100 mid-size to TOP 10 electric power utilities providing their control systems usage patterns and plans. Meanwhile, the international [...]

June 21, 2010 update. This interim client summary is based on tabulations of 65 survey completions from very large, large and mid-size North American utilities, together accounting for about 20% of served end-users. Bold print indicates a change from the preliminary findings released on June 14. These observations on some of the key topics covered [...]

A Look at Commercial Aviation’s Cornerstone Operations Control System to Provide Regional and Nationwide Operations Management for Electric Power I want to take this opportunity to provide our web site visitors and our Market Trends Digest readers (upcoming spring 2010 edition) with some summary information about what we believe to be one of the country’s most [...]

More than 150 U.S. smart grid projects have been identified, summarized and categorized by Newton-Evans Research staff in this April, 2010 compilation of smart grid project summaries. The 60-page report contains narrative summaries of each of the projects, and includes a sortable EXCEL spreadsheet of the identified projects. Utility funded projects and projects that have received [...]

The newest DA report (March 2010) from Newton-Evans Research includes summary level tables of market data for a total of 21 related market categories of equipment, software and services. The 21 tables are grouped under one of four major DA market segmentation categories including feeder primary components; feeder electronics; feeder automation software and services; and [...]

Tracking Study Finds Increased 2010 CAPEX and O&M Budgets for Smart Grid-Related Automation and Transmission Categories February 25, 2010 —Ellicott City, Maryland. The Newton-Evans Research Company today announced the publication of its third study in the multi-year tracking research program looking into electric power utility CAPEX budgets related to smart grid investments and infrastructure spending [...]

Chuck Newton moderated  a well-received session on Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency Technologies for this New York City conference held on October 27th and 28th. The conference was hosted by the Spintelligent Company, publisher of Metering International. The panel members for this session included Ron Zimmer, CEO of Ottawa-based CABA – the Continental Automated Buildings Association, Bill [...]

An article by Newton-Evans CEO Charles Newton titled Thinking Smart: The Outlook for Spending on Smart Grid Technologies in 2009 and Beyond was recently featured in Volume 9 of the Energy and Utilities Project magazine, an mThink publication sponsored by IBM. The majority of the article summarized the spending outlook for eight major components of [...]

Newton-Evans was cited in an Automation World article titled, “Smart Grid Stimulus Funds to Provide Market Boost.” Chuck Newton was quoted as saying: “The Smart Grid eventually will be built out. But utilities never rush into anything, for the simple reason that they’ve got to keep the lights on. They can’t take it out of [...]

Some Key Project Deferrals Noted in Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure . . . Rebound Anticipated by mid-2010 for Transmission . . . Later into 2011 for Distribution Infrastructure The views of 118 Officials from Electric Power Utilities in 36 Countries Grow Somewhat More Conservative Since December but Remain Upbeat for Continued Investment in “Smart-Grid” Components [...]