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WaterPRASA Adds Envocore To Puerto Rico Smart Meter Rollout Under $129 Million Contract

PRASA awards Envocore a five-year, $129M contract for field deployment of 1.5 million ultrasonic water meters across Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities.

 EnergyGridsight Raises $26 Million Series B To Scale Utility Capacity Software In The US

Gridsight closes a $26M Series B led by Insight Partners to scale its grid capacity software with Xcel Energy, United Illuminating and Endeavour Energy.

 EV ChargingSFMTA Opens Curbside EV Charging Permits As San Francisco Targets 100 Chargers By 2030

SFMTA opens curbside EV charging permits to private operators, targeting 100 on-street chargers by 2030 under a two-phase permitting process.

 WaterTexas And White House Launch Free Cyber Defense Pilot For State Water Utilities

Texas and the White House launched Project Watershed 250, a six-month pilot giving state water utilities free cyber defense from 12 vendors.

 Environmental MonitoringVancouver’s SenseNet Acquires N5 Sensors’ Wildfire Detection Business

Vancouver-based SenseNet buys the wildfire unit of Maryland-based N5 Sensors to expand its network monitoring over 300 million acres into the US.

 Environmental MonitoringMadrid City Council Deploys 15 AI-Powered Acoustic Sensors To Track Wildlife

Madrid installs 15 AI acoustic sensors in two parks to track birds and bats in real time without recording audio.

 EnergyDigitalBridge to Acquire Ausgrid’s PLUS ES Smart Metering Business in Australia

DigitalBridge to acquire Ausgrid's PLUS ES smart metering unit, ~2M meters, as Australia's NEM races toward its 2030 rollout deadline.

 Mobility and TrafficSanta Cruz de Tenerife Begins Kapsch Parking Integration Across 24 City Centre Car Parks

Santa Cruz de Tenerife starts Kapsch TrafficCom parking data integration across 24 car parks, with nine message panels.

 WaterScottish Water Awards £5 Million Meter Data Management System Contract

Scottish Water awards an eight-year, £5m meter data contract to Honeywell to support its rollout across 135,000 non-household sites in Scotland.

 IoT NetworksAarhus Vand Begins 69,000-Meter Digital Water Rollout Across Aarhus Municipality

Aarhus Vand starts a 69,000-meter digital water rollout across Aarhus Municipality, running to 2030 with Kamstrup meters and LoRaWAN.

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