March 2008 

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Feature



Spotlight



Product News 



Events



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Welcome to the March 2008 edition of the Square D PowerLogic Wire, an e-newsletter from Schneider Electric offering helpful news and tips about the latest in power and energy monitoring applications and systems.

Feature
San Diego State University Scores Points with its Utility Company
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a respected institution of higher-learning, and among other things, is particularly well-known for its research expenditures and undergraduate International Business program. It's the largest university in San Diego and the third-largest in the state of California.
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Square D Represented in Control Engineering Article "Energy as a Process Variable"
"One large issue facing process plants and even large manufacturing plants is demand response," says Philip Barton, national business development manager for Square D PowerLogic division. "Utilities and intermediaries have contracts with their large customers for load shedding, and that has provided motivation for many large process plants to take on major energy management projects. Utilities ask customers to shed load either for a price event, or a reliability event. A price event is when the wholesale power price is high, and those tend to have day-ahead warning. Reliability events are when they lose a generator, and these usually have much shorter warning."
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SpotLight
Square D Powerlogic products selected as a Category Winner in the 2008 EC&M Product of the Year competition
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Schneider Electric announces that its Square D PowerLogic Tenant Metering Commercial Edition Software has won an award in the Computers & Software category of EC&M magazine's 2008 Product of the year contest.
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Product News
Square D Expands PowerLogic Advanced Submetering Product Line
With The HDM 4-Meter Enclosure
Square D  now offers to it's PowerLogic High Density Metering Enclosures line  a new 4-meter enclosure, that is vertically stacked giving optimal space saving solutions for companies with limited square footage availability. All of the great features of the other High Density Meter Enclosures and backed by Square D PowerLogic quality and service. For more information, click link for brochure: 
PowerLogic High Density Metering





Square D Engineering Services Offer PowerLogic Factory Assembled Enclosures
Square D has the enclosure to meet your energy demands. PowerLogic Factory Assembled Enclosures can be wall mount or direct mount on the front of power equipment to simplify retrofit installations. Each panel is designed with an efficient layout and comes complete with pre-wired well marked terminals, easy access to power and communication connections and documentation for easy and quick installation. For more information, click link for catalog:
PowerLogic Factory Assembled Enclosures



Hardware/Firmware Upgrades
PowerLogic ION7550 and ION7650 power and energy meters (firmware version v350) as well as ION Enterprise 5.6 power management software are available. New features for the ION7550/ION7650 include advanced power quality capabilities, a trending and forecasting module viewable through new web pages, and support for the new 100Base FX communication card.

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Events
April
7 LaVergne, TN - SEPAM Industrial M.V. Relay Applications
7 Victoria, BC - ION Enterprise Administrator
8 Orlando, FL - Regional SMS Overview
9 Raleigh, NC - PowerLogic User Group
14 LaVergne, TN - ION Enterprise Fundamentals
14 San Juan, PR - Regional SMS Overview
28 LaVergne, TN - PowerLogic Comprehensive
28 Toronto, Ont - Regional ION Enterprise Overview
30 Toronto, Ont - Regional ION Programmer Overview

May
5 LaVergne, TN - PowerLogic Installation and Troubleshooting
5 Victoria, BC - ION Enterprise Fundamentals

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