by Doug Chandler December 15th, 2009
If efforts to develop and install a smart grid are to bring the promised benefits, there must be something in it for residential power users. The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers has released a white paper specifying what they think must happen to make the smart grid work for the masses.
The AHAM’s three essential requirements:
1. Pricing must provide incentives to manage energy use more efficiently and enable consumers to save money.
2. Communication Standards must be open, flexible, secure, and limited in number.
3. Consumer Choice & Privacy must be respected; the consumer is the decision maker.
AHAM white paper
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by Jim Lucy December 15th, 2009
HD Supply, Atlanta, reported a 27-percent drop in sales and a $257-million loss during its fiscal third quarter. According to information released to the Securities Exchange Commission on Dec. 15, HD Supply plans to consolidate 25 branch locations and cut 350 employees. HD Supply said in that document that it expects to spend approximately $45 million in a restructuring plan to completed by the end of the first half of fiscal 2010. www.bizjournals.com article
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by Jim Lucy December 15th, 2009
Shat-R-Shield, Salisbury, N.C., has appointed Tri-Tech Sales Associates, Nesconset, N.Y., to rep its line of safety-coated lamps and lighting products as its new manufacturers rep agency in New York south of Route I-84 and in northern New Jersey, effective Jan. 1. Led by Robert Tuniewicz, president and Gil Talamo, vice president, Tri-Tech Sales will market the Shat-R-Shield line to electrical distributors, contractors, OEMs and industries that include food processing, packaging and pharmaceutical accounts.
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by Jim Lucy December 15th, 2009
Cooper Crouse-Hinds Canada announced that effective Jan. 4, 2010 Intralec Electrical Products Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, will represent its full product offering in southern Ontario. Led by principals Ted Doherty and Murray Chamney, Intralec serves the industrial, OEM, consulting engineering, utility and electrical contractor communities. Cooper Crouse-Hinds announcement
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