Introduction
Links to Companies and Organizations Involved in BPL, Smart Grid, Automated Meter Reading (AMR) and Utility Applications
Note: This page is work in progress (11/15/2007)
Please email Ed Hare, w1rfi@arrl.org, with any additional information useful to the page.
BPL industry organizations and trade associations:
Amateur Radio Organizations
BPL Integrated Circuit Manufacturers
Access BPL System Manufacturers
In-premise BPL System Manufacturers
BPL Service Providers and Integrators
AlaWeb Pioneering Services
Asoka USA
AT&T
BPL Global
Broadband Horizons
Communications Technologies
Copper Road Corporation
Current Communications Corp
DACOR Systems
Data Ventures
Designed Telecommunications
Earthlink
Electrolinks
First Communications
Gaslight Media
Gridline Communications
GridStream
Hiawatha Broadband
IBM
IDAComm
Itron
Mountain Telecommunications
New Visions
NI Solutions
Plexeon Logistics
PowerGrid
PowerLine Telco
PowerWAN
The Shpigler Group
Uptown Services
Utility.net
Electric Utilities Involved in BPL (active and shut down)
Alabama Power (Shut down)
Alliant Energy (Shut down)
Ameren UE (Active)
American Electric Power (AEP) (Shut down)
Aquila (Shut down)
Arizona Power Systems (Shut down, but new system pending)
Austin Energy (Shut down)
Avista (Considered, not implemented)
Benton Public Utility District (Considered, not implemented)
Bowling Green, City of (OH) (Active)
Burnet, City of (TX) (Shut down)
CenterPoint Energy (CnP) (Active)
Central Virginia Electric Coop (CVEC) (Active)
Chambersburg, Borough of (PA) (Considered, not implemented)
Chelan PUD (Active)
Cinergy (see Duke Power) (Active)
City Light (Hagerstown, MD) (Considered, not implemented)
Concord, City of (MA) (Considered, not implemented)
Consolidated Edison (ConEd) (Active)
Consumers Energy (Active)
Covington Electric Cooperative (Active)
Cullman Electric Cooperative (Active)
Duke Energy (Active)
Duquesne Broadband (Active)
Electricite de France (unknown)
Entergy (active)
Fayetteville Public Utilities (Shut down)
Fayette Electric Cooperative, District 6 (TX) (Shut down)
First Energy (Active)
Florida Power and Light (Shut down)
France Telecon (Unknown)
Freeport Electric (Active)
Greystone Power (Shut down)
Habersham EMC (Shut down)
Hawaiian Electric Company (Shut down)
IDACorp (Shut down)
Jackson EMC (Active)
Jacksonville Electric Authority (Active)
Lebanon Utilities (Active)
Lompoc, City of (CA) (Considered, not implemented)
Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) (Pending)
Manassas, City of (VA) (Active)
Midwest Energy Cooperative (Considered, not implemented)
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co (Considered, not implemented)
Northeast Utilities (Active)
Old Dominion Power (Active)
Omaha Public Power District (Considered, not implemented)
Oncor (formerly TXU) (Active)
Orange and Rockland Utilities (Shut down)
Penn Yan Power and Light (Shut down)
PEPCO (Active)
Perndenales Electric Cooperative (Considered, not implemented)
Petosky, City of (MI) (Considered, not implemented)
PPL Telecom (Active, but mostly shut down)
Pacific Gas and Electric (Shut down)
Princeton, IL, City of (Active)
Progress Energy (Shut down)
Radford, City of (Active)
Rochester Public Utilities (MN) (Pending)
Rush-Shelby Energy (Pending)
Salem, City of, Electric Department (VA) (Active)
San Diego Gas and Electric (Shut down)
Sherrill Power and Electric (Not active, but in database)
Skaneatles, Village of (NY) (Considered, not implemented
Solvay Municipal (NY) (Active)
South Central Indiana Rural Electric Cooperative (Active)
Southern California Edison (Shut down)
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (Shut down)
Tucson Electric Power (Considered, not implemented)
TXU (see Oncor) (Active, earlier system shut down)
United Illuminating (Shut down)
Wake Electric Membership Corporation (Shut down)
West Florida Electric Cooperative Association (Shut down)
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Active)
Whitewater RMEMC
Publishers and Blogs
Master list
6Power Project
Web: www.6power.org/
Description: The main goal of the 6Power project is to contribute to ensuring affordable broadband access and the deployment of IPv6 in Europe. In order to achieve this goal, the project will research the native support and deployment of IPv6, QoS and other advanced services over Power Line Communication networks. The last news entry on its web page is from April 2004, so this is probably no longer an active organization.
Access Broadband
Web: http://www.accessbroadband.com
Alabama Power
Leif Ericsson
Email: lericson@southernco.com
Tel: 678-443-4125
AlaWeb Pioneering Services
Paul Spears
105 South Cotton St
Andalusia, AL 36420
Tel: 334-222-0559 x112
Email: jr@alaweb.com
Alliant Energy
Web: http://www.alliantenergy.com/
Ambient Corporation
79 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458
http://www.ambientcorp.com
Contact:
Anna E. Croop, Director of Corporate Communications
Telephone: (617) 614-6739
Email: acroop@ambientcorp.com
Tel: (617) 332-0004
FAX: (617) 332-7260
Email: info@ambientcorp.com
Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2av67k
Ameren UE
Cindy Bambini
1901 Chouteau
MC 921
St Louis, MO 63103
Tel: 314-554-4301
Email: cbambini@ameren.com
American Electric Power
DL Key
Thomas Jobes
Email: dlkey@aep.com
Amperion Inc.
900 Chelmsford Drive
Lowell, MA 01851
Web: http://www.amperion.com
Tel: (978) 569-2000, 800-923-8770
FAX: (978) 569-2002
Email: Contact: noc@amperion.com
Aquila
Mathew Irwin
Email: mathew.irwin@aquila.com
ARC Technical Resources
2006 Lockwood Drive
San Jose, CA 95132-1322
Web: http://www.arctechnical.com
Contact: Jerry Ramie
Email: jramie@arctechnical.com
Tel: (408) 263-6486
Description: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) training, equipment, systems and services. Experts in EMC testing of electronic products, including BPL devices. Wrote test procedures for Certification testing of BPL equipment distributed by EPRI, Gap radio-noise location service for utility clients, EMC Standards and testing training seminars for industry, member of IEEE-P1775 committee on EMC for BPL equipment.
Arizona Power Systems
Terry Burns
Richard Hammet
Email: terrence.burns@aps.com
Web: https://www.aps.com/general_info/contactus/default.html
ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio
American Radio Relay League
Ed Hare, W1RFI
Laboratory Manager
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
http://www.arrl.org
Contact:
Ed Hare, W1RFI
Email: w1rfi@arrl.org
Telephone: 860-594-0318
Tel: 860-594-0200
FAX: 860-594-0259
Description: ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the United States. It is concerned about interference from BPL systems. Its work in this area consists of technical analsyses of BPL operating parameters vis a vis licensed radio services, investigation into interference from BPL installations, working with local licensed Amateur operators to accurately assess interference and helping them report it to BPL operators and, if necessary, to the FCC. ARRL is also working with some BPL manufacturers and organizations to address interference to Amateur Radio and is participating in industry committees working on BPL standards.
Ascom Electrolinks
Web: http://www.electrolinks.com
Asoka USA Corporation
Web: http://www.asokausa.com/
AT&T
Web: http://www.att.com
Description: Involved in the planning and design of BPL systems and software.
Austin Energy
Jerry Hernandez, AE BPL Project Manager
Dan Smith
Ed Clark
Web: http://www.austinenergy.com
Avista
Todd Cady, Dave Heyamoto
Email: toddcady@qwest.net
Benton PUD (WA)
Gary McCollum
Web: http://www.bentonPUD.org/broadband
Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
Kevin Maynard
BPL Global
Web: http://www.bplglobal.net
15146
BPL Today
GHI, LLC
4418 MacArthur Blvd, NW
Suite 202
Washington, DC 20007 USA
http://www.bpltoday.com/
Tel: 800-486-8201
Tel: 202-298-8201 main
FAX: 202-298-8201 fax
Contact: Sam Spender
Email: http://www.bpltoday.com/public/department36.cfm
Tel: 240-238-3488
Description: A comprehensive covering BPL technology in depth. It has sometimes been confrontational and biased with respect to news involving ARRL. It has also focused far more on the successes on BPL and generally given short press to coverage of negative developments. Its annual subscription ($497 per year) puts it out of range of some who are casually interested in the subject of BPL, although its cost is in line with many industry specialty publications. A free trial is available. They also feature a Resource Directory pointing to contact inforamtion for most of the industry.
Broadband Horizons
Broadband Reports
dslreports.com / Silver Matrix LLC
408/1636 third avenue,
New York, NY 10128, USA
http://www.dslreports.com/
Contact: http://www.dslreports.com/contacts
Email: adminhelp@dslreports.com
Links to BPL articles: http://www.dslreports.com/?cat=40
Description: Broadband Reports regularly runs articles about BPL. They permit discussion of their articles, and ARRL staff are regular contributors. This on-line publication, devoted to a wide range of broadband topics, runs the occasional, balanced article on BPL. Each article is followed by an on-line discussion of comments and feedback, typically with reasoned and reasonable opinions and questions.
Burnet, City of (TX)
CenterPoint Energy
Greg Angst
1301 Travis
Room 1068
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: 713-207-6078
Email: gregory.angst@centerpointenergy.com
Web: http://www.cnp-powerconnect.com/faq.html
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative
Greg Kelley, Member Services Manager
Web: http://www.forcvec.com
Info:
http://www.forcvec.com
http://www.forcvec.com/bplcoop/
http://www.forcvec.com/bplcoop/faqs/index.html
http://www.forcvec.com/bplcoop/where/CVEC_Substations.html
Chambersburg, Borough of (PA)
Eric Oyer, Borough Manager
Email: eoyer@chgboro.com
Web: http://borough.chambersburg.pa.us/html/electric.asp
Chelan PUD
Bob Shane
POB 1231
Wenatchee, WA 98807-1231
Tel: 509-661-4161
Email: roberte@chelanpud.org
Cinergy, See Duke Power
Cisco Systems
Web: http://www.cisco.com/
City Light (Hagerstown, MD)
Mike Spikler, Manager
Communications Technologies, ComTek
Walt Adams, VP New Technology
Yancey Brown
14151 Newbrook Dr
Suite 400
Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: 888-841-3231
Email: wadams@comtechnologies.com; ybrown@comtechnologies.com
Community Broadband Networks
Web: http://communityfiber.blogspot.com/
Note: Old articles still exist, but out of publication
Description: Now out of print, but until mid 2004, this site tracked news reports of various broadband trials and projects run by municipal utilities and other power companies. Multiple links to press articles about PLC, broadband and internet over fiber.
Concord, MA, City of
Conextant
Web: http://www.conextant.com
Consolidated Edison Company of New York(ConEd)
Randolph S Price, Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety
Hyman Shoenblum
Chris Olert
4 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
Tel: 212-460-4600
Consumers Energy
Cooperative Research Network
Martin Gordon
Email: martin.gordon@nreca.coop
Copper Road Corporation
Mike Ahdieh
415 East Boulevard
Williamston, NC 27892-2731
Tel: 919-608-2651
Email: mikea@copperroad.com
Corinex Communications Corp.
1000, 1090 West Pender St.
Vancouver
BC V6E 2N7 Canada
Web: http://www.corinex.com; http://www.corinex.com/web/docx.nsf/w/eng-corinex_contacts
Email: http://www.corinex.com/web/com.nsf/Doc
Tel.: +1 604 319 9691
Fax: +1 604 694 0061
Info:
http://www.corinex.com/web/docx.nsf/w/eng-medium_low_voltage_bpl
http://www.corinex.com/pdf/web/corinex-bpl-access-pilot-program.pdf
http://www.corinex.com/web/docx.nsf/w/eng-corinex_contacts
Covington Electric Cooperative
Web: www.cov-elect.com
Cullman Electric Cooperative
Grady Smith, Mike McWaters
Email: gradys@culmanec.com, mikem@cullmanec.com
Current Communications Group
Carmen Defeo
220 Kenneth Dr
Rochester, NY 14623
Tel: 877-775-8446
Email: info@currentcomm.com
Jim Mollenkopf
Email: jmollenkopf@currentgroup.com
DACOR Internet Services
519 W Wooster St
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Tel: 800.447.5333
Web: www.dacor.net
Contact: George Stossel
Email: BPL@dacor.net
Description: In business as a custom software development firm since 1975, DACOR Internet Services has been an Internet Service Provider (ISP) since 1997 and deployed two BPL networks locally in 2004 and again in 2006. We have extensive experience in the planning, deployment, maintenance and support of BPL networks in a commercial Internet delivery environment. In addition to BPL network experience, we have experience with operational issues involving Power Line Noise mitigation as well as BPL’s impact on other FCC regulated services such as Amateur Radio and Short Wave reception.
Data Ventures
Marc Burling
Email: mburling@godvi.com
Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2)
See: DS2
Designed Telcommunications
Ed Mattox
901 Russell Drive
Salem, VA 24153
Tel: 540-562-0104
Email: emattox@d-tel.com
Also: Dan Draughn
Email: ddraughn@d-tel.com
Also: Patrick McHugh
Tel: 540-562-0104, ext. 232
Email: pmchugh@d-tel.com
DS2
Web: http://www.ds2.es/
Duke Energy
David Masters
526 South Church St
Charlotte, NC 28202
Tel: 704-382-2176
Email: dlmaster@duke-energy.com
Duquesne Broadband
Bill Zollars
Jody Noble
411 Seventh Ave
15th Floor
Pittsburg, PA 15219
Tel: 413-393-1196; 413-393-1035
Email: jnoble@dge.com, wzollars@dqe.com
Web: http://www.duquesnelight.com; http://www.duquesnelight.com/news/newsreleases/2005/nr051215.pdf
Earthlink
Electric Broadband
Web: http://www.electricbroadband.com
Electricite de France
Web: http://www.edf.fr/
Entergy
Kurt Swanson
Manager, Technology Architecture
20 Greenway Plaza
Suite 500
Houston, TX 77046
Tel: 504-576-6655
Email: kswanso@entergy.com
Fayetteville Public Utilities
Fayette Electric Cooperative, District 6 (TX)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC - US)
Office of Engineering and Technology
Julius Knapp
Email: Julius.Knapp@fcc.gov
Web: http://www.fcc.gov/oet
FCC Position Statements About Interference
Most of the FCC Commissioners have said some pretty significant things about BPL interference. These should serve as the model for the way the FCC will handle interference complaints.
FiberNet
Web: http://www.ftgx.com
First Communications
First Energy
Eric Licis
76 South Main St
Akron, OH 44308
Tel: 800-962-6113
Email: fe_telecom@firstenergy.com
Florida Power and Light
Phil Slack
Burdell Knowles
Email: Phil_Slack@fpl.com
France Telecom
Web: http://www.francetelecom.com/vanglais/home/homev4.html
Freeport Electric
Donald A Perkins
220 West Sunrise Highway
Freeport, NY 11520
Tel: 516-377-2268
Email: bpladmin@freeportelectric.com
Gaslight Media
Charles Scott
120 E Lake St
Petosky, MI 49770
Tel: 231-487-0692
Email: cscott@gaslightmedia.com
Gigafast, Inc.
Web: http://www.gigafast.com/
Gridline Communications
Sam Wasson
1312 Basehart Rd
Suite 200
Albuquerue, NM 87106
Tel: 505-715-6196
Email: swasson@gridlinecommunications.com
Gridstream
Greystone Power Corporation
Glenn Purcell
4040 Bankhead Hyw
Douglasville, GA 30134
Tel: 770-370-2398
Email: glenn.purcell@greystonepower.com
Habersham EMC
Rodney Pugh
6257 State Highway 115
POB 25
Clarkesville, GA 30523
Tel: 706-754-2114
Email: rodneyp@hemc.net
Hawaiian Electric Company
Earle Ifuku
820 Ward Ave
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: 808-543-7330
Email: earle.ifuku@heco.com
Hiawatha Broadband
HomePlug Alliance
Web: http://www.homeplug.org
Description: Industry consortium of in-home PLC-equipment manufacturers.
Memorandum of Understanding: http://p1k.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/HomePlug_ARRL.pdf
International Amateur Radio Union
IARU Region 1 - Sub-Regional European Community Working Group
Web: www.darc.de/referate/ausland/iaru/eurocom/
Description: This is a working group of the IARU Region 1 to help ensure that Amateur Radio concerns are on the table in various European rulemaking and governing proceedings.
IBEC, Inc.
285 Dunlop Boulevard SW, Suite K
Huntsville, AL 35824
http://www.ibec.net
http://www.ibec.net/homeofficecontact.asp
(256) 492-1000 - voice
(256) 456-1406 - fax
marketing@ibec.net - email
Customer Service: 888-343-1616 - toll free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Email: service@ibec.net
Contact: Steve Turner, steven.turner@ibec.net
IBM
Raymond Blair, Vice President of BPL Initiatives
Web: http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/utilities/index.jsp
IDACorp
Jeffrey Schumacher
Tel: 208-514-3310
Email: jeffschu@idacomm.com
Web: http://www.idacorp.com
IDAComm
Matt Collins
Jeffrey Schumacher
350 N Mitchell St
Boise, ID 83701
Tel: 208-388-6803; 208-514-3310
Email: mcollins@idacomm.com; jeffschu@idacomm.com
Intellon
Web: http://www.intellon.com
IOGEAR, Inc.
Web: http://www.iogear.com/
Itron, Inc.
29696
Jackson EMC
Christy Queen
850 Commerce Rd
Jefferson, GA 30549
Tel: 706-367-6209
Email: cqueen@jacksonemc.com
Jacksonville Electric Authority
Sabina Pryce-Jones
Dennis Fleming
21 West Church St
Jacksonville, FL 32202-3139
Tel: 904-665-7650, 904-665-7077
Email: prycsl@jea.com, flemdj@jea.com
Kaicom Co., Ltd.
#109, Techno Town, 1487, Gayang 3-dong Gangseo-gu
Seoul 157-810 Korea
Web: www.kaicom.co.kr; http://kaicom.en.ec21.com/company_info.html
Contact: Jae Keun, Kang
Email: http://www.ec21.com/global/basic/SendInquiry.jsp?inq_data=HomeCompany|kaicom
Tel: 82 - 2 - 67346777
FAX: 82 - 2 - 67346776
The Kohl Group, Inc.
1719 Route 10 East
Suite 315
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Web: http://www.kohlgroup.com/
Contact: Joe Frazzetti
Email: Jfrazetti@aol.com
Tel: (973) 984-2214
FAX: (973) 984-2218
Description: Incorporated in 1984, The KOHL Group, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in the technical and business aspects of telecommunications and related industries. Expertise in wireless and BPL technologies is retained.
Lebanon Utilities
Randy Parsons
401 S Meridian St
Lebanon, IN 46052
Tel: 765-482-8878
Email: rparsons@lebanon-utilities.com
Linksys
Web: http://www.linksys.com/
Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
http://www.lipower.org
Main.net
Joe Marsilii
Email: jmarselii@powerline-plc.com
Manassas, City of
John Hewa
Email: jhewa@ci.manassas.va.us
Matsushita Electric Works R&D Laboratory, Inc.
Web: http://www.mew.co.jp/e-index.html
Midwest Energy Cooperative
Brian Wierenga
Email: brianw@teammidwest.com
Web: http://www.teammidwest.com/information/BPLwaitlist.htm
Mitsubishi
Web: http://www.meppi.com
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Web: http://www.mduresources.com/
Motorola
Dick Illman
Mountain Telecommunications
Mike Hazel
1430 West Broadway
Tempe, AZ 85282
Email: mhazel@mtntel.com
Web: http://www.mtntel.com
National Grid
Contact: Alberto Bianchetti, 315-428-6932
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Martin Gordon
Email: martin.gordon@nreca.coop
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
Steve Collier
Netgear, Inc.
Web: http://www.netgear.com/
New Millenium Research Council
Web: http://www.thenmrc.org; http://wwwmthenmrc.org/archive/BPL_report022405.pdf
New Visions
Carmen Branca
POB 11815
Syracuse, NY 13218
Tel: 315-472-6396
Email: cbranca@nvplc.com
NI Solutions
Northeast Utilities
Mark Gilmore
300 Cadwell Dr
East Springfield, MA 01104
Tel: 413-787-9527
Email: gilmonp@nu.com
Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Mary Mulligan-Haines
Old Dominion Power
Omaha Public Power District
Elliot Spilker
Adrian Minks
Email: spilker@oppd.com; aminks@oppd.com
Oncor (formerly TXU)
Brian Houle
OPERA
Open PLC European Research Alliance
Web: http://www.ist-opera.org
Description: This EU - sponsored Powerline project, the Open PLC European Research Alliance, is part of the larger broadband project Broadband for All, started work on January 1, 2004. It has recently started its second phase, the OPERA 2 Consortium, and is composed of 26 participants related to PLC.
Orange and Rockland Utilities
Michael Foltin
One Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, NY, 10965
Tel: 845-577-2602
Email: foltinm@oru.com
Web: http://www.oru.com
Pacific Gas and Electric
Toby Tyler, Director of Business Development
Email: txt9@pg3.com
Tel: 415-973-6600
PALAS
Powerline as an Alternative Local AcceSs project
Web: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=PROJ_IST&ACTION=D&DOC=13&CAT=PROJ&QUERY=1173023475382&RCN=57125
Description: The PALAS project aimed to develop and test a complete service and commercialisation package to potential players in the PLC market. Its web page has been discontinued and it is believed to be another abandoned BPL study project.
Panasonic
Web: http://www.panasonic.com/
Penn Yan Power and Light
Douglas Marchionda, Mayor
PEPCO
Perndenales Electric Cooperative
Web: http://www.pc.coop
Contact: http://www.pec.coop/offices1.html
Petoskey, City of
Phonex Broadband Corporation
Web: http://www.phonex.com/
PLC Forum
Web: http://www.plcforum.org
Description: The PLC Forum is an industry consortium of PLC manufacturers.
Power Line Communications Association
PLCA
Allen Shark
Out of business
Web: http://www.plca.net
Description: Power Line Communications Association was an industry consortium of PLC system producers and utility industry customers. It is no longer active.
PowerWan
Plexeon Logistics
Web: www.plexeon.com/electric_utilities.html
PowerGrid Communications
Chris Britton, cbritton@powergrid.com
6676 N Double Eagle Lane
Meridian, ID 83642
Tel: 208-841-8822
Email: Cbritton@powergrid.com
PowerGrid Communications
2211 West Tenth Street
Austin, Texas 78703
Tel: 512-964-3535
PowerLine-PLC-info
Web: www.powerline-PLC.info
Description: German site for information on BPL
Powerline Telco, Inc.
Subdoh Nayar
4031 University Dr
Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel: 703-229-4330 - ext 15
Email: snayer@powerlinetelco.net
Web: http://www.powerlinetelco.net
PowerWAN
PPL Telecom
Alan Richenbacher
Adria Ballinger
2 North Ninth St
Allentown, PA 18101
Tel: 610-774-3779; 610-774-2906
Email: agrichenbacher@pplweb.com; aballinger@zayo.com
Web: http://www.pplbroadband.com
Princeton, IL, City of
Jason Bird/Steve Brust
2 S Main St
1622 Fourth St
Princeton/Peru, IL 61536/61534
Tel: 815-875-1231; 815-223-1052
Email: jbird@princeton-il.com; sbrust@cpointcc.com
Progress Energy
Bill Godwin
Radford, City of (VA)
Tony Cox, City Manager
Web: http://www.radford.va.us/radnet/
Rochester Public Utilities (MN)
Rush-Shelby Energy
Web: http://www.rse.coop/index.jsp
Salem, City of, Electric Department (VA)
San Diego Gas and Electric
Terry Snow
8316 Century Park Court
BLDG CP52A
San Diego, CA 92123
Tel: 858-654-1296
Email: tsnow@semprautilities.com, bplpilot@sdge.com
Sherrill Power and Electric
Web: http://www.sherrillny.org
The Shpigler Group
Engineering Group
136 Main St.
Nyack, NY 10960
Tel: 845-348-7800
Web: http://www.sphigler.com
Contact: David Shpigler
Email: admin@sphigler.com
bWeb: http://www.sierraenergygroup.net/aboutus.cfm
Description: The research and analysis division of Energy Central, a leading provider of information and media services to the global power industry.
Skaneateles, Village of (NY)
Solvay Municipal (NY)
John Montone, Superintendent
507 Charles Ave
Solvay,NY 13209
315-468-6229
Email: jmontone2@aol.com
Sony Corporation
Web: http://www.sony.co.jp/
South Central Indiana Rural Electric Cooperative
Greg McKelfresh
Web:
http://www.sciremc.com/HighSpeedInternetBPL/BPLLog/tabid/153/Default.aspx
http://www.sciremc.com/HighSpeedInternetBPL/BPLPilotServicesOffered/tabid/154/Default.aspx
http://www.sciremc.com/HighSpeedInternetBPL/BPLFAQs/tabid/155/Default.aspx
http://www.sciremc.com/HighSpeedInternetBPL/tabid/73/Default.aspx
Southern California Edison
Jay Devadoss
2131 Walnut Grove Ave
Rosemead, CA 91770
Tel: 626-302-7317
Email: devadoj@sce.com
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Tom Tudor
Joe Slater
Tel: 301-274-4459
Email: tom.tudor@smeco.coop
Telkonet, Inc.
Web: http://www.telkonet.com/
Tucson Electric Power
Tom Hansen:
Email: thansen@tep.com
Tel: 928-337-7322
TXU (see Oncor)
United Illuminating
Joe Ballantine
Email: Joseph.Ballantine@uinet.com
United Powerline Council (UPLC)
Web: www.uplc.utc.org/
Description: The United Power Line Council (UPLC) is an industry consortium of PLC system producers and utility industry customers (and potential customers). They are a child organization of the United Telecom Council. Their BPL information is intended to promote BPL to electric utility industries, not to present utilities with both pro and con information about BPL. UPLC's statements about Amateur Radio have generally been confrontational and polarizing.
Universal PowerLine Association
Donald Pollock - Permanent Secretary
UNIVERSAL POWERLINE ASSOCIATION
c/o Customers Matter Ltd
3 Bridge Street
Kings Cliffe
Peterborough
PE8 6XH
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1780 470003
Email: info@upaplc.org, donald.pollock@upaplc.org
Web: http://www.upaplc.org
Uptown Services
Web: http://www.uptownservices.com/
Description: Uptown Services provides consulting and implementation support services to municipally owned utilities considering entering the broadband services sector. Their services and expertise cover the full potential of this industry including local telephony, video entertainment, and high speed Internet access.
Utility.net
Michael Keselman
12100 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 705
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel: 310-442-7807
Email: mkeselman@utility.net
Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association
Web: http://www.vvara.org/broadband_bpl.html
Wake Electric Membership Corporation
Weg: http://www.wemc.com
West Florida Electric Cooperative Association
James Efurd
POB 137
Graceville, FL 32440
Tel: 850-263-3231
Email: jefurd@wfeca.net
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Mark Gilmore
300 Cadwell Dr
East Springfield, MA 01104
Tel: 413-787-9527
Email: gilmonp@nu.com
Whitewater RMEMC
YiTran
Web: http://www.itrancomm.com/
Consultants
Associations or Alliances
- INSTEON Alliance
- Consumer Electronics Powerline Communications Alliance
- Universal Powerline Association
- PLC Utilities Alliance
- Homeplug Powerline Alliance
- PLC Forum
- Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA)
- Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance
- KONNEX Association - Home & Building Control (Narrowband PLC)
- [15] (POWERNET: An European Commission funded research project)
- Broadband over Power Lines - Truth in the news about Broadband over power lines
- PLC Solution Providers Alliance - Powerline Communications Alliance
External links- Plugtek Broadband Powerline Research eLibrary
- Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) and Amateur Radio
- BPL FAQ - Information on BPL and Radio Spectrum Interference Issues
- BPL Interference Issues in Tasmania - Information on BPL in Tasmania Australia including recordings and emission reports
- Tasmanian BPL Virtual Tours - Virtual Tours of the Mt Nelson and North Hobart BPL Trial areas
- PLT standard
- Conformity Review of FCC R&O on BPL
- BPL Interference Resolution Web site
- Cybertelecom :: Internet over Broadband over Powerlines and federal regulation
- [14]A Broadcast Engineer's Analysis of the Threat and Effect of BPL
- HF Interference, Procedures and Tools (RTO-TR-IST-050) - NATO RTO report.
- NATO Group Releases Report on BPL - American Radio Relay League analysis of NATO RTO-TR-IST-050
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PLC_manufacturers
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LonWorks
LonWorks powerline communication is used world-wide, for example for Home Automation, Street Lighting, Energy Management and Utility Metering. Related standards can be found on [5]
[edit] OPERA
OPERA (Open PLC European Research Alliance) is a R&D Project with funding from the European Commission. It aims to improve the existing systems, develop PLC service, and standardise systems.
[edit] POWERNET
POWERNET is a R&D Project with funding from the European Commission. It aims to develop and validate a ‘plug and play’ Cognitive Broadband over Power Lines (CBPL) communications equipment that meet the regulatory requirements concerning electro-magnetic radiations and can deliver high data rates while using with low transmit power spectral density and working at low signal to noise ratio.
[edit] Universal Powerline Association (UPA)
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) aligns industry leaders in the global Powerline Communications (PLC) market and covers all markets and both access and an in-home PLC technology to ensure a level playing field for the deployment of interoperable and coexisting PLC products to the benefit of consumers worldwide. UPA promotes products based on the UPA Digital Home Standard for home networking applications and on the Opera standard for BPL Power line access applications.
CEPCA
Consumer Electronics Powerline Communications Alliance (CEPCA) (Sony, Mitsubishi and Panasonic) is developing a standard to realize coexistence between various Powerline technologies, available today. [3]
HomePlug MembersAffiliated Organizations
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