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Carina's Universal Metering Device Named "Best Smart Meter/Smart Grid Product"
UMD™ Wins Recognition at the Nation's Largest Utility and Telecom Technology Expo
CONTACT:
Laura Pepper
Carina Technology, Inc.
Phone: 866.915.5464
Fax: 256.704.0366
lpepper@carinatek.com
www.carinatek.com
Las Vegas, NV- June 3, 2009 - Carina Technology, a Huntsville-AL-based technology company, was recognized by the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) with the UTC EXPO 2009 Product Award for Best Smart Meter/Smart Grid Products/Services at the UTC Telecom 2009 event in Las Vegas. Carina’s Universal Metering Device (UMD™) with Energy Intelligence™ was chosen by a panel of industry experts for innovation, quality, and ability to effectively meet utility management needs. Carina’s solution was recognized as an innovative first or interim step for utilities to migrate existing systems toward Smart Grid while actively reducing operating costs and increasing energy efficiency.
Carina’s UMD™ for advanced energy data collection, management, and control along with its Energy Intelligence™ software platform is deployed by utilities across North America for bi-directional, real-time management and control of multiple utility systems. It can be fully integrated into existing systems including billing, CIS, GIS and outage management for unilateral control from a single interface. The UMD™ is designed to communicate over a variety of backhaul networks including digital cellular, ethernet, and WiFi in an effort to utilize existing open infrastructures and avoid capital cost involved in building proprietary fixed networks exclusively for metering.
“Being chosen by UTC as the best-in-class provider of Smart Grid Products and Services is an honor,” said Mike Smalley, COO and VP of Business Development for Carina. “There are many players in the smart grid space, and this award validates Carina’s view that an interoperable, open migration approach has significant advantages over the limitations of a quick fix with many basic smart meter applications. We want to provide the value and power of intelligent information to our customers and help them figure out what ‘Smart Grid’ will mean for them.”
Since launching the UMD™ earlier this year, Carina has increased its focus on facilitating open communication and data sharing between providers, consumers and communities while providing centralized solutions for a variety of energy-related functions such as demand response, prepaid electricity and in-home networking for providers as well as consumers.
About Carina Technology:
Carina Technology, Inc. is a hardware and software firm that provides Energy Intelligence (EI™) Solutions primarily to the U.S. utility and energy industries. Carina enables energy providers to manage operations more efficiently and create new revenue streams through real-time applications such as interactive GIS, Meter Data Management, remote meter reading, demand response, & power quality management.
EI™ is centralized and designed to fully collect, store, and interpret energy data to provide interactive visibility for grid management. To maximize interoperability and speed deployment, EI™ utilizes open standards, integration into multiple utility operating systems over a variety of communications infrastructures, and database-driven architecture. Carina also specializes in building and integrating custom software interfaces to existing CIS, GIS, and OMS systems. Learn more about Carina at www.carinatek.com.
About UTC:
The Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) is a global, full-service trade association dedicated to creating a favorable business, regulatory, and technological environment for entities that own, manage, or provide critical telecommunications systems in support of core services. Founded in 1948, UTC has evolved into a dynamic organization that represents the broad communications interests of electric, gas, and water utilities; natural gas pipelines; other critical infrastructure entities and other industry stakeholders. Visit www.utc.org for more information on UTC and its services.
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