Perhaps it was the smart looking sailors and their dates attending the Submarine Ball when I arrived on Saturday night, but a special atmosphere seemed to accompany the official launch of the 9th annual Metering, Billing/CIS America conference and exhibition in San Diego.
As Saturday night turned to Sunday, it was clear that the Navy and Metering International had both decided on an outstanding choice of venue, making the San Diego Sheraton Hotel and Marina the perfect location for this year’s conference on metering, billing and customer management.
This year’s record attendance was treated to its best ever slate of speakers and industry leaders. An impressive array of utility industry managers provided valuable updates on the status of their AMI deployments as well as lessons learned. Debra Reed, CEO of San Diego Gas & Electric, provided the keynote address and enthusiastically described the benefits of smart metering technology for their customers and the importance of AMI in helping to manage load growth in California and across the U.S. A host of other utility managers, such as Jana Corey, director of AMI initiatives at Pacific Gas & Electric, and Scott Blackburn, AMI business manager of Florida Power & Light, contributed their insights and helped communicate the approach utilities are taking concerning large scale smart metering rollouts.
Irene Stillings, Executive Director, California Center for Sustainable Energy
Keynote Address Irene Stillings, Executive Director, California Center for Sustainable Energy Debra L. Reed, President & CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric & Southern California Gas Company David O'Brien, President & CEO, Toronto Hydro
Panel Discussion "What is driving the evolution in the changing utility environment?" David Harkness, Vice President & CIO, PNM Resources, NM Jim Jones, Vice President & CIO, GR Energy, MN Donna LeClair, Chief Technology Office, BC Hydro, Canada Shane Pospisil, President & CEO, Ontario Energy Association, Canada
Perhaps it was the smart looking sailors and their dates attending the Submarine Ball when I arrived on Saturday night, but a special atmosphere seemed to accompany the official launch of the 9th annual Metering, Billing/CIS America conference and exhibition in San Diego.
