Business Strategy
In 2003 USCL-EnergyCite designed and developed the DM-06 “Smart Meter” specification for Southern California Edison as part of the SCE RFF-RFP process. Notable novel features of the DM-06 specification are defined in this paper. These include the ability to download new meter software operating systems as well as the incorporation an IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) transceiver to interface […]
ClimateCite Appointment
For Immediate Release Dec. 8, 2024 It is with great pleasure and pride that I announce the appointment of the world’s foremost heliophysicist Dr. Valentina Zharkova, to the position of executive director of ClimateCite. As such Dr. Zharkova is responsible for all the scientific research conducted by ClimateCite, its employees and subcontractors, used in the […]
EnergyCite 2024 year end shareholder news letter
December 5, 2024 We are very pleased to announce to all our nearly 100 USCL shareholders that EnergyCite, the successor corporate entity to USCL, is on track for release of its EMS-2020 product line in 2025 to utility companies and their customers. We are asking all shareholders to review our website at https://energycite.com ASAP. Under […]
Board Letter Dec. 3, 2024
To: Pat Boone, director, VP Investor Relations Dana McElwain GLA (Gold Label Artists) CC: David Block, director Bud Bromley, director Bob Fulks, director Don London, director Emily Pettit (Tamarkin,) director, Corporate Secretary Rabbi Avi Schwartz, director, VP Marketing & Media Valentina Zharkova, director Aiden Tascic, Armanino LLP Michael Tillman GLA Ray Presgrave, major shareholder, former BOD […]
Letter to all USCL/EnergyCite Shareholders and Friends
December 1, 2024 EnergyCite Inc. is the successor Corporation to USCL (Utility Services Customer Link) which was incorporated in 1995. Due to lack of liquidity and investment capital, USCL was “retired” in 2012 and EnergyCite was formed and incorporated in 2018. Tom Tamarkin spent virtually full time building the company during that six year period […]
Three ways utilities can better engage low-income customers
Oct. 30, 2018 Renewables, smart meters, electric vehicles, mobile apps and other features of the “utility of the future” are proliferating. But are they actually reaching all residential energy customers? The following is a viewpoint from Patty Durand, President & CEO of the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative There’s been much talk within the energy industry […]
Reasons behind 33% anticipated increase in winter energy bills
December 19, 2018 The Consumer Energy Alliance has issued a new report predicting a 33% increase in energy bills if the 2019 winter season reaches 10% colder than last year’s. The report ‘2018/2019 Winter Forecast: High Heating Bills for the Northeast’ forecasts households in New York and New England to pay on average an extra […]
New deal to equip 29,000 South Carolians with smart meters
December 13, 2018 US utility Black River Cooperative has selected Texas Meter & Device (TMD) to implement an advanced metering infrastructure project in South Carolina. The project will include the installation of smart meters for some 29,000 customers in 2019. The cooperative is replacing an existing power line communication system with radio-frequency communication to provide […]
US utilities extend contracts for next-generation smart meters
December 7, 2018 Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) and Westar Energy have signed new and extended existing contracts for smart grid deployment with Landis+Gyr. The subsidiaries of Evergy will deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The news follows Westar recently completing the installation of Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream AMI solution, which includes an RF mesh network […]