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Since launching its “Happiest Hour” promotion, staff at Mimi’s Café have seen customers staying longer. Chief Concept Officer Mark Mears spoke with VIBE about Mimi’s "Happiest Hour," promoting the brand and discussing how to create value without losing substance.
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Workshops at the VIBE Conference to be held at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas March 13-14 run the gamut from understanding social media to cocktail culture, providing attendees with networking opportunities and takeaways.
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Fwd: | 08.09.11 | Space-Time Insight situational awareness helps utilities avoid outages



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1. Space-Time Insight situational awareness helps utilities avoid outages
2. FERC, CFTC at odds over transmission planning and cost allocation rule change
3. Mark Group, SunRun offer 20-year locked in solar rates
4. BuildingIQ awarded $1.2M for proactive energy management optimization
5. American DG Energy delivers CHP to Stevens Institute of Technology

Also Noted: Spotlight On... Green Mountain Energy donates solar array to educate Texas public
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1. Space-Time Insight situational awareness helps utilities avoid outages

By Barbara Vergetis Lundin Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

Space-Time Insight has announced new capabilities in its software to simplify the ability of a utility to assess the performance of the electric grid and visualize, analyze and correlate large volumes of data received from multiple sources, a critical requirement in the deployment of Wide Area Situational Awareness (WASA) systems. Designed to accommodate the microsecond measurements recorded by synchrophasors, devices used to measure the state and quality of the power system, the new software arms control room operators with timely information needed to make instant decisions that impact grid stability and availability.

Situational awareness allows utilities to drill down to specific assets and use financial heat maps to prioritize initiatives. Photo courtesy of Space-Time Insight.

Many utilities are reliant on aging databases, spreadsheets and basic operational charts and line diagrams to run their operations.  There's a growing assumption that running a business on yesterday's data with software tuned to accessing data in a delayed format, exposes the company to undue risk. 

"This is especially true with the rollout of smart meter and wide area situational awareness systems that not only generate huge volumes of data, but the success of their operation depends on real-time or near real-time interpretation of that data," Steve Ehlich, Vice President of Marketing, Space-Time Insight, said in an interview with FierceEnergy.  "The situation is exacerbated by the need to correlate multiple internal and external sources of data, all arriving in different formats, at different speeds and at different times."

 Situational intelligence helps utilities take control of this data onslaught and make faster informed decisions as a result.  To do so requires users to be able to visualize operational problems or situations in a simple intuitive format, determine why and how problems occur, and finally, take the prescribed remedial steps to address issues. 

"Geospatial displays used in conjunction with more traditional analytics are at the center of this revolution since they provide the framework for the visualization as well as a jumping-off point for further analysis and action," Ehlich said.

Read the entire article online at FierceEnergy.

Read more about: Space-Time Insight, geospatial software, wide area situational awareness
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2. FERC, CFTC at odds over transmission planning and cost allocation rule change

By Travis Mitchell Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

A federal rule change regarding energy transmission planning and cost allocation, which will require that public utility transmission providers work regionally to meet policy requirements and set cost allocation methods, has sparked controversy with a leading electric utility coalition.

Order No. 1000 will be implemented by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in order to correct previous policy deficiencies regarding transmission planning processes and cost allocation methods, according to information from the FERC website. FERC is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil.  Notice of a transmission planning and cost allocation rule change was announced on June 17, 2010. FERC received more than 180 initial comments and more than 65 reply comments in response to the proposed changes, which will replace Order No. 890.

FERC's July 21 2011 announcement that the Order No. 1000 was a final rule agitated the Coalition for Fair Transmission Policy (CFTC), a trade organization representing utilities which serve more than 28 percent of U.S. electric consumers.  A CFTC press release distributed August 5 cautioned that the new rule ignored comments filed with FERC and could mean that consumers have to pay more for electricity.

"The final rule ignores multiple comments recommending that entities responsible for meeting state and federal public policy requirements and the state regulatory commissions overseeing them should decide how best to meet those mandates.  Instead, the rule allows regions to develop planning processes as they see fit, possibly shifting costs among states or sub-regions," according to a statement released Monday by the CFTC. The group's media representative could not be immediately reached for comment.

The statement also expressed concern that, "FERC's approach permits the allocation of costs for new transmission within a region even to some consumers receiving no electricity from the project. Someone else will decide whether those consumers benefit from a project not otherwise needed for reliability purposes, even if the project was opposed by utilities being allocated costs and the suggested ‘benefits' are not really needed or desired by the supposed ‘beneficiaries'."

FERC framed the new rule as a step toward improving transmission planning and cost allocation by promoting competition "by removing from FERC-approved tariffs and agreements a federal right of first refusal for transmission facilities selected in a regional transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation, subject to certain limitations."

"This rule is an important step forward, building on FERC's successful market reforms over the past 15 years," FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said in a media statement.  "Our action today promotes efficient and cost-effective transmission planning and the fair allocation of costs for new transmission facilities. These changes will provide consumers with greater access to efficient, low-cost electricity."

When contacted by FierceEnergy, FERC declined to comment further on the new rules. Order No. 1000 is set to take effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

For more:
- see the CFTC release 
- see the FERC release

Related articles:
Investment in new transmission a multi-billion dollar industry
  
White House smart grid initiatives heavy on "dialogue," light on specifics



3. Mark Group, SunRun offer 20-year locked in solar rates

By Barbara Vergetis Lundin Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

A partnership between Mark Group and SunRun is offering a clean energy rate 20-year lock-in program to the greater Philadelphia area to make solar more affordable as demand for stable and renewable power continues to grow.

An East Coast rooftop solar installation. Photo courtesy of SunRun.

The solar systems should meet at least 40 percent of customers' power needs, depending on roof size. "Many with larger, more southern facing roofs may be able to nearly eliminate their utility bill," Jeff Bladen, Chief Commercial Officer at Mark Group, told FierceEnergy. "All needs not met by the solar are filled in from the power grid.  Again, this is mostly a function of how much unobstructed southern facing roof space is available at the home."

Even as customers cut down on their utility bills, utilities will experience the benefits of solar.

"Utilities will see less stress on their distribution systems during many hours of the day as these customers draw from the panels rather than the grid.  Particularly important during hot summer days with otherwise high demand on the system when solar panels produce the most," Bladen said. "The effect should be reduced cost for utilities to operate and maintain their local distribution systems and should also mean less need for long distance transmission expansion."

For more:
- see this release 

Related Articles:
Premier Power and LCSD use solar to combat increasing electricity costs
Go Solar in Arizona: Utilities could profit from SRECs

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4. BuildingIQ awarded $1.2M for proactive energy management optimization

By Barbara Vergetis Lundin Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

BuildingIQ energy management software has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Australian government's Commercialisation Australia to expand its offerings in order to redefine the way energy is managed in commercial buildings.

According to David Olson, PE, Vice President of Business Development for BuildingIQ, the energy management software allows utility CTOs a link between available end-user customer resources (both demand response and energy efficiency) to support grid operations and Improve customer relations.

In an interview with FierceEnergy, Olson said that the energy management software offers utility executives many benefits including:

  • Better insight into the demand response and energy-effiiciency resources actually available
  • Identification of faults in end customer plant operations or BMS settings which could adversely impact demand response participation
  • Multiple property aggregation and reporting
  • Proactive and automatic monitoring, managing and optimization of end customer building energy use/operations and demand response resources to increase participation in demand response events and programs
  • Better management of dynamic pricing
  • Reduction of customer energy consumption and peak loads without compromising comfort or disrupting operations

The technology also offers business opportunities for utilities in terms of value added customer services. For example, customer energy management services can be extended from continuous manual adjustments to strategic focus through a virtual energy manager where system capital expenses can be avoided.

"The future of energy management is proactive optimization - basically a more intelligent, more profitable way to manage energy in commercial buildings," said  Mike Zimmerman, CEO of BuildingIQ.

For more:
- see this release

Related Articles:
Home Gateway Initiative supports smart grid solutions with Home Energy Management
   
Brambleton Verizon's first Connected Home community
   
Parks Associates: Energy management more than just a wall device

Home Gateway Initiative: Utilities and BSPs can interface for enhanced HEM services
DOE PSAs educate consumers on energy efficiency

Read more about: BuildingIQ, energy management software, Commercialisation Australia, customer energy management services
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5. American DG Energy delivers CHP to Stevens Institute of Technology

By Barbara Vergetis Lundin Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

American DG Energy has added two more energy systems at Stevens Institute of Technology.  The combined heat and power (CHP) systems provide highly efficient electricity and heat such as hot water. The CHP concept has existed since Edison. When American DG Energy sites the equipment in a building, the heat can be supplied locally to maximize the efficiency. Supplying the energy is considered distributed generation providing safer and lower cost energy. The future of distributed energy is very strong.

A 150 kW CHP system installed at a multi-tenant housing property. Photo courtesy of American DG Energy.

"Utilities can partner with companies like American DG Energy to offer the technology and innovative business practices such as an on-site utility where the customer only pays for discounted energy," said Barry J. Sanders, President and COO, American DG Energy, in an interview with FierceEnergy.

American DG Energy sells the energy produced from an onsite energy system to an individual property as an alternative to the outright sale of energy equipment.  On-site utility customers only pay for the energy produced by the system and receive a guaranteed discount rate on the price of the energy. 

CHP technology integrates with the smart grid to deliver energy when and where it is needed.

For more:
- see this release

Related Articles:
Fuel Cells 2000: US ahead of international competition

Will Micro CHP be the next sleeper market to come out of the shadows in the U.S.?
SoCalGas invests in Tecogen to meet customer onsite power gen needs 
CHP will move forward with or without the utility

Read more about: combined heat and power, American DG Energy, distributed generation
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Also Noted

SPOTLIGHT ON... Green Mountain Energy donates solar array to educate Texas public

Green Mountain Energy Company has donated $140,000 to the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi through the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club to fund its first solar array system. The solar array is installed on the Museum's roof above the entrance and visible to visitors. The solar array helps reduce the Museum's carbon footprint and energy costs, as well as educates the public about the benefits of solar energy.

According to David Knox, NRG Energy's Director of Communications, solar has definite benefits to utilities. The intermittent nature of solar means, in most cases, that it only generates when the sun is out; however, it also generates when it is needed the most. When electrical demand is highest in the afternoon, solar can produce the most power making it a natural peaker. Further, there is a large research and development effort to create battery technology that can store power to make it available at other times during the day. Article 

>CPS Energy will add wind power in 2012. Article
>The U.S. Department of Energy is funding research for safer nuclear energy. Article
>MIT is researching solar energy storage. Article
>And Finally...chairman quits alternative energy panel. Article


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Dear Colleague,
 
The final agenda is now complete for the 4th World Companion Diagnostics Summit, Boston, November 29th - Dec 1st.
 
The event brochure has just been released and you can see it for yourself here.
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My research with over 60 leading drug developing companies, has revealed the key challenges holding back progress for the industry in delivering personalized medicines to market. With input from key biomarker, diagnostic and commercial specialists from organizations such as Novartis, Roche, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, J&J, Eli Lilly and Medco I’ve put together the 4th World Companion Diagnostics Summit.
 
35 leading authorities in personalized medicine will be sharing their insights at the meeting over the 3 days, including:
 
  • Dr Vijay Modur, Head, Diagnostic Discovery, Novartis 
  • Richard Schatzberg, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Generation Health
  • Dr Finley Austin, Personalized Healthcare & Biomarker Strategy Director, Astra Zeneca
  • Dr David Geho, Senior Biomarker & Experimental Medicine Leader, Roche
  • Dr Mitch Raponi, Senior Director, Molecular Diagnostics and Translational Medicine, Clovis Oncology
  • Dr Carol Pena, Associate Director, Oncology Biomarkers, Bayer
  • Dr Robert Beckman, Executive Director, Clinical Development Oncology, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Dr Troyen Brennan, Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark
  • Dr Ian Taylor, Senior Director, Translational Oncology, Pfizer
  • Scott Taylor, Executive Director, Industry Relations, Geisinger Health System
  • Dr Amy Miller, Public Policy Director, Personalized Medicine Coalition
  • Dr Jeffrey Fill, Director, Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory, Eli Lilly
  • Dr G. Mike Makrigiorgos, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard
  • Dr Jorge Villacian, Integrative Solutions Leader in Infectious Diseases, Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a company of Johnson & Johnson)
  • Dr Donald Chalfin, Medical Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Abbott
  • Dr Leonard Reyno, Chief Medical Officer, Oncology, Astellas Pharma
The full speaker line up can be viewed here.
 
In the meantime, here’s the full list of organizations participating on the agenda so far:
 
Novartis – Pfizer – Eli Lilly – Roche – Johnson & Johnson – GSK – Daiichi Sankyo – Abbott – AstraZeneca – Transgene – Merck – MedImmune – Eisai – Janssen Pharmaceuticals – Astellas – Bayer – Clovis Oncology – Generation Health – CVS Caremark – Medco – Geron – Asuragen – Morphotek – Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Harvard – MIT – Phadia – Pangaea Biotech – Geisinger – Genetic Alliance – Personalized Medicine Coalition 
 
Make sure you visit our event website: www.companion-dxsummit.com for full details and to download the brochure.
 
Here’s a snapshot of some of the key topics we’ll be looking for answers to at the meeting : 
  • Where are we now with the development, approval and commercialization of companion diagnostics? What are the different patient stratification strategies companies are taking, both in large pharma and smaller drug developing companies?
  • How do you successfully translate treatment stratification markers from bench to bedside and move from a research grade assay towards a clinically useful diagnostic test?
  • How do you take a biomarker test from clinical validation to commercialization?
  • Should you invest in in-house development or outsource? Should you develop LDTs or IVDs? What are the benefits and challenges associated with both prospective and retrospective biomarker development and in defining biomarker positive and negative patient populations?
  • Understand the latest FDA guidance and its impact on your research and development of stratified medicines
  • What does the reimbursement landscape of companion diagnostics look like and how do you achieve a positive reimbursement decision?
  • How do we articulate the value of companion diagnostics to the wider healthcare community and drive adoption? 
These are just a few of the key questions we’ll be addressing at the meeting. Full details of all topics for discussion over the 3 day meeting can be viewed in the event brochure.
 
Hear from just a few of our previous attendees:
 
 
“The best molecular dx meeting I have attended in several years” VP, Translational Oncology, Pfizer
 
“An excellent view of the landscape with well integrated content from pharma, dx, clinical research and agency perspectives. This has been one of the best commercial meetings I have attended in memory” Advanced Cell Diagnostics
 
“The event has been very valuable. A great conference to be informed of importance and current issues related to cdx/mdx. I am very glad I chose to attend as it has been a wealth of information” Immunogen

“This was my first conference I have attended by Hanson Wade - great job! The people made this conference extraordinary” PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
“One of the best meetings I’ve attended. Outstanding!” Director, Merck
  
“An intimate session where Rx meets Dx and vice versa. Very informative in terms of Rx vs. Dx perspectives” Director, Dako

 
Visit the testimonials page for more feedback from our Personalised Medicine series of events.
 
And what’s more, we have a special discounted rate for the first 50 people to sign up to the meeting. This would entitle you to up to 500 USD off standard prices. So don’t delay to secure the best rates. To take up one of these limited spaces:
 
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If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
 
I look forward to meeting y ou on site in November.
 
Best wishes,
 
Janine
 
Janine Bur rows
Program Director
Hanson Wade 
 
 
P.S. There are 5 tailored workshops for you to choose from on the 28th November:


A) Bridging the Gap: Co-Development of Targeted Therapeutics and Companion Diagnostics with FDA
Sabah Malek, Senior Regulatory Scientist, Voisin Consulting Life Sciences
Eric Lawson, Vice President, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Metamark Genetics

B) How Molecular Diagnostics will Affect Pharma Business Models and How to Keep Up
Dr Keith Batchelder, Founder & CEO, Genomic Healthcare Strategies
Peter Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Genomic Healthcare Strategies
 
OR
 
C) Stratified Medicine: Commercial Opportunities, Competitive Advantage and R&D Challenges
Mark Trusheim, Visiting Scientist & Executive-in-Residence, MIT Sloan School of Managements

D) Accessing the Capabilities Required for Companion Diagn ostics Development and Commercialization through Strategic Partnerships
Dr John Bloom, President, Bloom Consulting Services & Special Government Employee, FDA
 
OR
 
E) Commercial Return on Companion Diagnostics: Strategies and Tactics for Market Access, HTA, Pricing , Coverage, and Payment
Patrick Terry, Partner & Principal, Pricing, Reimbursement & Market Access, Scientia Advisors

 
 

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