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ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in energy, home, commercial and industrial areas. For more information

ESNA, The Energy Service Network Association, is an association topromote the application of advanced energy management systems, including AMR/AMM and Smart Grid applications, based on Echelon’s Networked Energy Services (NES) advanced metering infrastructure platform. ESNA’s main objective is to offer its members a neutral round table to exchange knowledge and practical experience for a successful rollout and exploitation of Smart Metering and Grid applications. ESNA initiates the standardisation of the interface between the Eneterprise ICT and the Metering infrastructure world ESNA is comprised of utilities, network operators, meter management companies, system integrators, installers and suppliers of enterprise software applications, hardware manufacturers and consultants.

The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an International not-for-profit trade association focused on promoting the successful international application of Powerline technologies and providing a forum for the design and development of interoperable and open specifications. The UPA provides all Powerline players the opportunity to respond to key customer expectations with open standards, based on interoperability, security and coexistence and supported by exclusive and independent certifications, the only global guarantee of quality and confidence for high-speed power line technology available today.

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.

The U-SNAP Alliance is an open industry association developing an industry specification for connecting energy aware consumer products with smart meters. The Alliance will create and publish a specification, establish testing and certification procedures for product conformance and educate consumers, utilities and vendors on the benefits of the standard. Alliance membership is comprised of utilities, manufacturers, consultants and other parties interested in developing or deploying the standard. For more information, or to find out how to join the Alliance, please visit www.usnap.org.

In the rapidly changing climate of today’s power industry, Electricity Today magazine continues to be the publication of choice for North America’s utility transmission and distribution sectors.
Electricity Today, a CCAB audited publication, is published 9 times a year by The Electricity Forum ( a division of the Hurst Communications Group Inc.), the conference management and publishing company .
It is distributed free of charge to electric utility personnel and electrical consulting engineers across Canada and the United States, providing up-to date information and timely articles on topics relevant to today’s electrical power industry. Visit the Electricity Today Web site: http://www.electricity-today.com/

The Smart Grid Observer is a free e-newsletter that delivers the latest information concerning key technology developments, business issues, and market trends driving the global smart grid industry. Its coverage extends to utilities, equipment vendors, government agencies, standards bodies, industry associations, universities, and research groups associated with the smart grid vision. Twice per week, The Smart Grid Observer delivers the latest developments directly to your desktop. As a service to the industry, it delivers this information on a complimentary basis. To subscribe, please visit www.smartgridobserver.com.

About SmartGridCareers
SmartGridCareers.com is an online resource portal dedicated to the global Smart Grid industry featuring the latest jobs, professional networking opportunities, news and events information, white papers, glossary, discussion forums related to Smart Grid and a robust and interactive business directory for the Smart Grid industry. For more information, please visit us at http://www.smartgridcareers.com

Smart Grid Today is the worldwide daily journal of the modern utility industry. Delivered by email each business day, Smart Grid Today features independent, unbiased reporting on the smart grid industry including federal and state grants and regulations; the evolution of legal issues; technology and service breakthroughs, bells, whistles and lemons; the twists, turns, foibles and slam-dunks of technology firms and service providers plus who's teaming with who and why and much more. SmartGridToday.com features a complete searchable archive of past stories and downloadable PDF files, a reader forum, industry directory, events calendar, classified advertisements, discounts off selected items and more. Don’t miss out on a single day of the deepest reporting on the smart grid you can find anywhere. Visit http://www.SmartGridToday.com/TRIAL to sign up for a 14-day risk-free trial today.

The Energy & Utilities portal provides news, views and information about industry-specific events, conferences and exhibitions for the gas, power, water, telecommunications and renewables industries. With access to a comprehensive, fully searchable database of companies the site demonstrates the capability within to supply products and services to the worldwide sector.