Solutions

Resource Conservation:

  • Provide two-way demand response to reduce peak energy use
  • Collect, manage, and transmit high resolution usage data
  • Present innovative time-based rate programs and incentives

Risk Mitigation:

  • Offer proven AMI solutions with service-oriented MDM
  • Enable rapid deployments with hosted systems
  • Integrate new technology with legacy systems

Customer Satisfaction:

  • Provide fast, efficient, personalized service
  • Retain loyal customers with innovative energy programs
  • Deliver pricing and billing information via in-home displays and the web

Operational Excellence:

  • Apply integrated technologies to the Smart Grid
  • Enhance service scheduling, delivery, and outage planning
  • Provide PLC and RF-based AMI/AMR systems for gas, water, and electric

What's New

Intelligent Utility - Consumers Increasingly Embrace Self Service - PPL Electric Utilities Finds More Customers Use Web, IVR Than Calling Customer Service

July 7, 2010
PPL Electric Utilities customers are using Aclara's self service options on the utility's web site and the customer care center's interactive system, rather than speaking with a customer service representative. The increase in consumer acceptance for the web and automated call systems continues an upward trend toward self service options during the past two years.

Independent Research Proves Aclara Spurs Behavior Change and Conservation

June 30, 2010
Opinion Dynamics' independent research evaluation has shown that the Aclara Software online energy analysis application motivates consumers to take action to cut energy usage, with an average annual savings of 489 kWh per household

Empowering customers with AMI data can drive energy efficiency

April 1, 2010
Karen Flathers, General Manager of Aclara Software Inc., is featured in the April 2010 AESP monthly newsletter, "Strategies." The article, "Empowering customers with AMI data can drive energy efficiency," marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with a look at how AMI is delivering better information to both customers and utilities to improve customer service and utility operations.

Aclara Partners with Clevest Solutions Inc. to Provide Smart Meter Deployment Solution

March 23, 2010

Aclara Now Offers Time Synchronized Reading of Water Meters

March 23, 2010

Aclara Announces the Industry’s First Home-Area Network (HAN) Based on Proven, Widely Adopted Wi-Fi Technology. The Solution is Being Demonstrated this Week in Tampa at DistribuTECH 2010.

March 22, 2010

Lee County Electric Co-op Selects Aclara MDMS and Customer Care Applications

February 2, 2010

Aclara Software Client Advisory Board Formed to Strengthen Client Relationships

January 28, 2010

City of Toronto Selects Aclara STAR Network System as Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Water

January 26, 2010

Aclara ENERGYprism Customer-Care Suite Expands to Include Water Customers

January 21, 2010

Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative to Deploy TWACS Technology for Meter-Reading and Demand Response

January 12, 2010

Toho Water Authority Begins Deployment of the Aclara STAR Network System AMI to Conserve Resources and Enhance Customer Service

January 5, 2010

Electric Utility in Mexico Selects Aclara TWACS Technology to Reduce Non-Technical Losses

December 21, 2009

Colombian Utility EMCALI Selects Aclara TWACS Technology AMI

December 14, 2009

San Francisco Chooses Aclara STAR Network AMI System to Provide Real-time Data for Leak Detection and Water Conservation

November 24, 2009

Upcoming Events

August 3-4, 2010

Aclara Load Vision Working Group

PPL Electric Utilities Walbert Training Center Allentown, PA

Representatives from Bangor Hydro Electric Company, Dayton Power & Light Co, First Energy, Hess Electric Operations, Northeast Utilities Service Company, Northwestern Energy, PPL Electric Utilities and The United Illuminating Company will meet with Aclara Product Management for this highly-interactive meeting to share knowledge and experiences and help shape the product roadmap.

September 12 - 15, 2010

Utilimetrics Autovation 2010

Austin Convention Center Austin, TX

Avoiding the Consumer Resistance, Sporadic Lawsuits and Unfavorable Media of AMI Deployments with Customer Education – Karen Flathers, General Manager, Aclara Software and Jill Walter, Advanced Metering Development Manager at PPL Electric Utilities

Pre-Conference Workshop: Real World Lessons in Project Management, Deployment and Operation of Your MDM – Alvin Jackson, Vice President and Sarah Tamm, Director of Professional Services, Aclara

Wi-Fi: The Smart Grid Foundation for AMI and Distributed Automation, Mark Thompson, Vice President, Aclara

Smart Grid Panel: What Regulatory Policies are Necessary to Ensure Cost Effectiveness? Moderated by Aclara

Strategic Partnerships: A team approach to development and implementation. Nan Williams, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. and Debbie Rachlis, Aclara

The Vision for Prepay: Penny Hagen, West Florida Electric Cooperative and David Steidtmann, Aclara

Aclara exhibiting

October 18 - 21, 2010

GridWeek 2010

Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC

Connecting the Customer to the Grid - Panel Moderator: Mark Thompson, Vice President of Standards and Regulatory Affairs, Aclara

Aclara – Gold Sponsor

October 25 - 27, 2010

EMACS – The Customer Experience Conference

Manchester Grand Hyatt  San Diego, CA

Using Software to help CSRs Understand and Connect with their Customers – Shelley Ortiz, Manager of Customer Care at PPL Electric Utilities will provide a Case Study on how PPL Electric Utilities improved first call resolution, web site traffic and customer satisfaction by arming its CSRs with Contact Center applications that allowed them to instantly help customers with energy and billing questions, reinforcing the relationship with its customers as trusted energy advisor. Linda Richardson, Sales Director, Aclara, will provide data from other utilities across the country where CSRs have had demonstrable increases in first call resolution and reductions in call handling time.

Aclara exhibiting

January 17 - 21, 2011

AESP's 21st National Conference & Expo

Hilton, Walt Disney World Orlando, FL

Aclara Exhibiting

January 25-27, 2011

Utility Web Week

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

Impact Analysis: consumers who use online energy analysis applications do modify their behavior and do reduce their energy consumption. Bob DiBella, Director, Aclara

"Going Green Workshop”:
Utilities play an active role in getting customers involved by connecting them with resources to help navigate the complexities associated with being good citizens of the environment. With so many options to choose from, with varying degrees of impact and expense, it’s important for customers to have partners they can trust to give them good advice as they decide how to best spend their time and money: Heather Williams, Product Manager, Aclara

Aclara Exhibiting

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