Best Smart Infrastructure/Grid Project

Awards are presented to one large and one small utility that have successfully completed a pilot or large-scale implementation during 2009 or 2010 that optimized AMI/MDM technologies.

Nominated projects will be evaluated based upon:

• Complexity;

• Innovation;

• Improved operations; and

• Improvements to Customer Service

These bullet points are intended to serve as examples only — they are not intended to be all-inclusive.

The Best Smart Infrastructure/Grid Project category  will have two awards based on the Class (size of the utility). These will be defined as Level I and Level II. The delineation of Level I will be utilities with gross revenues in excess of $400 million. Level II will be utilities with less than $400 million in gross revenues.

All North American utility companies are eligible to participate in the Expanding Excellence Awards program. Utilities include: gas, electric, water, waste-water, sanitation, retail electric/gas, wirecos.