Largest U.S. Municipal Utility Deploys Advanced Smart Grid Network

This week, CPS Energy — the largest municipal utility in the U.S. — officially announced a new partnership to help deploy a smart grid network.

The San Antonio, Texas-based utility, which serves more than 740,000 electric and gas customers in the San Antonio metropolitan area, partnered with Silver Spring Networks to deploy features such as advanced metering and distribution automation.

The smart grid network operates on Silver Spring’s open IPv6-based networking platform, which the company says enables utilities and infrastructure operators to deploy advanced smart grid features.

By Sarah Rich

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/technology/Largest-US-Municipal-Utility-Deploys-Advanced-Smart-Grid-Network-.html

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What Happened to IPv6?

One could feel the excitement building as June 6, 2012, approached. This was to be World IPv6 Launch Day, the day the Internet Society would replace the old IPv4 with a new, permanent Internet address protocol. While heavy hitters like Bing, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Comcast and AT&T joined the parade, few others noticed the event.

How could that be? In 2011 and early 2012, the government world was abuzz with concerns about the impending need for a new protocol. As June 6 approached, "there was a feeling that we were going to be cut off," said Alan Shark, executive director of the Public Technology Institute, a nonprofit that focuses on using IT to improve government services.

By Adam Stone

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/wireless/What-Happened-to-IPv6.html