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1. Duke, Progress Energy could get BPL law in NC
   June 27, 2006
   Those two BPL-savvy utilities are among the big IOU's in North Carolina, State Sen Daniel Clodfelter, D-Mecklenburg County, reminded us last week . . . keep reading
   
   
2. MainNet's got new AMR, Italy's ASM is buying
   June 27, 2006
   BPL hardware maker MainNet has available a new line of BPL-based AMR called AmrPLUS . . . keep reading
   
   
3. Texas' BPL law chilled Cinergy deployment
   June 27, 2006
   We asked Cinergy's CEO James Rogers -- now CEO of Duke Energy, too since those two merged -- about the reported slow-down of deployment of BPL at Cinergy . . . keep reading
   
   
4. Eighty-six Paris suburbs to get BPL
   April 11, 2006
   About 1.5 million to get access to voice, data & home services French electric grid hardware-maker Mecelec won the needed "public service dele . . . keep reading
   
   
5. Gridwise vision of 'smart grid' pays IOUs, consumers
   June 27, 2006
   "Absolutely BPL has a role in the power grid of the future," Rob Pratt told us recently . . . keep reading
   
   
6. Current/TXU execs weather ham conference Question and Answer
   June 27, 2006
   James Mollenkopf isn't sure who's idea it was . . . keep reading
   
   
7. Task force vies to set Nebraska BPL ban in stone
   December 19, 2006
   The ban on access BPL and other alternative broadband deployments in Nebraska was bolstered this month by the task force report ordered in June 2005 . . . keep reading
   
   
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9. BPL Global readies for BPL boom
   October 31, 2006
   BPL integrator/operator and "smart grid" technology firm BPL Global hired a CFO with the kind of experience the firm believes is needed for the coming boom . . . keep reading
   
   
10. Current's TXU update: IOU benefiting now from BPL
    March 20, 2007
    With thousands of "smart meters" deployed, provisioned, up and being read over TXU's BPL deployment, "numerous distribution management benefits have already been seen . . . keep reading
    
    
11. BPL's business case evolves in 2007
    March 27, 2007
    New BPL integrator/operator Utility.net bought a set of databases that are updated monthly and have every DSL and cable deployment in the US down to the customer's address . . . keep reading
    
    
12. BPL is fast, affordable answer to safety of aging US infrastructure
    August 14, 2007
    The bridge collapse in Minneapolis two weeks ago and the steam pipe explosion in New York City a few week prior put the aging US infrastructure of roads and utility equipment on center stage for the general public and press . . . keep reading
    
    
13. UPLC tracks FCC letters on Manassas
    June 27, 2006
    FCC's Enforcement Bureau sent two letters on June 16 to ComTek and the City of Manassas about complaints from local amateur radio operators, reported the UPLC in its weekly news report . . . keep reading
    
    
14. Duke's BPL deployments hit promised milestones
    June 12, 2007
    New technologies including BPL are what Duke Energy calls the "enabler" for its plan to become the "Utility of the Future . . . keep reading
    
    
15. French BPL gear chosen to pass 1.5 million Parisians
    March 6, 2007
    The BPL deployment to 86 Paris suburbs by Mecelec Telecoms will use BPL gear from Schneider Electric subsidiary Ilevo, said the firm recently . . . keep reading
    
    
16. IEEE BPL groups make headway
    April 11, 2006
    The P1675 working group -- focused on installation and safety for BPL hardware -- met during the IEEE PLC Symposium in Orlando, Fla a couple weeks ago and kept up momentum towards balloting to begin possibly by Fall, Group Chair and Arizona Public Service Senior Communications Engineer Terrence Burns told us last week . . . keep reading
    
    
17. Radford, Va, has BPL plan for students
    April 11, 2006
    The city of Radford in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western Virginia has a BPL trial underway for students of Radford University who live off-campus -- beyond the reach of the school's network . . . keep reading
    
    
18. Manassas delivers one/two PR punch
    April 11, 2006
    One: Main.net's G2 headed for overhead grid Two: Lab proves ham woes not BPL-related Spectrum the same when BPL is 'off' Communication Technolog . . . keep reading
    
    
19. Nebraska petition to lift BPL ban faces dramatic obstacles
    November 13, 2007
    Linda Aerni made good on her promise to take a petition to the people of Nebraska to lift the ban on municipal broadband in general and specifically BPL . . . keep reading
    
    
20. UPLC leadership looks at state of the industry
    March 27, 2007
    "Talking about BPL with regulators and policymakers is an easy sell," said Brett Kilbourne, since they all want to see BPL succeed . . . keep reading
    
    

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