Join Paul Fetherland, AMI director at Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and Keith Sturkie, vice president of Information Technology, Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative (MCEC) on Thursday, April 29 at 12 p.m. EDT for the free "Smart Grid Gurus" Webcast. In this Webcast, underwritten by Oracle Utilities, Intelligent Utility will profile Paul Fetherland and Keith Sturkie to examine how they ended up in their respective positions and how they are making smarter grids a reality at their companies.

By attending, you will:

• Gain insight from the paths taken and lessons learned by HECO and MCEC as these two utilities add more grid intelligence to their operations


• Identify the keys to driving AMI deployment, increasing operational and productivity gains, and targeting new goals on the technology roadmap


• Learn why HECO is taking a careful, measured approach to AMI deployment, and how Hawaii's established renewable portfolio standard of 40% and an energy efficiency standard of 30%, both by 2030, impact its efforts


• Discover how MCEC's 45,000-meter AMI deployment, completed in 2005, reduced field trips for high-usage complaints by 90% in the first year, and MCEC's immediate goals for future technology implementation

To register, please follow this link.