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International Utilities Revenue Protection Association
Welcome to the International Utilities Revenue Protection Association (IURPA) web site. IURPA was founded in 1990 and consists of revenue protection professionals dedicated to reducing revenue loss in the utility industry. Losses addressed by this association primarily deal with energy theft, however, revenue protection’s responsibility encompasses a variety of areas. The purpose of revenue protection in general is to benefit consumers, stockholders and energy service providers. IURPA’s role is to gather and share information amongst it’s members for the benefit of all.
http://www.iurpa.org/

Edison Electric Institute
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee began its markup of the energy bill this week. EEI strongly supports passage of this important legislation, which will boost the supply of a diverse range of energy resources, improve energy efficiency and conservation, and promote investment in our nation's energy infrastructure.
http://www.iurpa.org/

National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEMA, created in the fall of 1926 by the merger of the Electric Power Club and the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies, provides a forum for the standardization of electrical equipment, enabling consumers to select from a range of safe, effective, and compatible electrical products.
http://www.nema.org/

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
UL is the trusted source across the globe for product compliance. Benefiting a range of customers - from manufacturers and retailers to consumers and regulating bodies - we’ve tested products for public safety for more than a century.
http://www.ul.com/

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
http://www.ansi.org/

National Association of Electrical Distributors
Since 1908, the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) has served as the trade association for the electrical distribution industry. NAED is a 501(c)6 not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving and protecting the electrical distribution channel. As part of that mission, NAED provides networking opportunities through approximately 50 meetings & conferences a year, training and research through the NAED Education & Research Foundation, industry information and research through TED Magazine, and a marketing campaign for the industry through the NAED Advocacy Initiative.
http://www.naed.org/

Electric Utility Service Equipment Requirements Committee
EUSERC was formed in 1983 when the Southern California group PUSERC (formed in 1947) and the Northern California group WUESSC (formed in 1950) merged. At this time there were approximately 40 utilities involved. There are now 80 utilities involved in EUSERC from 12 states. The purpose of the organization is to promote uniform electric service requirements among the member utilities, publish existing utility service requirements for electric service equipment and provide direction for development of future metering technology. EUSERC's goal is to support the development of metering and service equipment that is safe and cost effective to the serving agencies and their customers, and to establish manufacturing and installation requirements for metering and service equipment that are acceptable to all member utilities.
http://www.euserc.com/

Automatic Meter Reading Association
AMRA is a nonprofit association providing utilities information about innovative technologies that lead to improved operations, customer service and resource utilization. Its membership represents more than 800 international utilities and corporations in gas, water and electric industries. AMRA members develop and implement automated resource-management technologies as well as participate in standardization and regulatory activities.
http://www.amra-intl.org/

Northeast Utilities Revenue Protection Association
Welcome to the International Utilities Revenue Protection Association (IURPA) web site. IURPA was founded in 1990 and consists of revenue protection professionals dedicated to reducing revenue loss in the utility industry. Losses addressed by this association primarily deal with energy theft, however, revenue protection’s responsibility encompasses a variety of areas. The purpose of revenue protection in general is to benefit consumers, stockholders and energy service providers. IURPA’s role is to gather and share information amongst it’s members for the benefit of all.
http://www.iurpa.org/nurpa.htm

Northwest Electric Meter School
The Western Energy Institute (WEI) is a regional association serving the electric and gas industries, both public and private, throughout the Western United States and Canada. Our mission is to educate, develop skills and leadership, and facilitate information exchange and networking among employees of member companies.
http://www.westernenergy.org/

Underground Overhead Metering School
Welcome to the Underground Overhead Metering School home page. This non-profit school provides professional training for the dedicated electrical linemen and technicians that provide safe and reliable electrical energy throughout the United States. This school would not be possible without the support and dedication of vendors, manufacturers, and planning committee members.
http://www.uomschool.org/

HMA Metering Technical Conference
The Heartland Metermans Association (HMA) was formed in the fall of 1993 and has held quarterly meetings since that time. The group consists of electric utilities across the Midwest, including Investor Owned Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives, and Municipal Utilities.
http://www.heartlandmeterman.org/

American Public Power Association
Public power is a collection of more than 2,000 community-owned electric utilities, serving over 43 million people or about 14 percent of the nation's electricity consumers. Public power utilities are operated by local governments to provide communities with reliable, responsive, not-for-profit electric service. Public power utilities are directly accountable to the people they serve through local elected or appointed officials.
http://www.appanet.org/

NMRC - National Meter Reading Conference
NMRC is a non-profit organization formed in 1980 for the sole purpose of sharing information on the acquisition of customer usage data as well as other Electric, Gas and Water utility management issues.
http://www.nmrc-conf.com/

Insitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most popularly known and referred
to by the letters I-E-E-E.
http://www.ieee.org/portal/site

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is the national service organization dedicated to representing the national interests of cooperative electric utilities and the consumers they serve. The NRECA Board of Directors oversees the association’s activities and consists of 47 members, one from each state in which there is an electric distribution cooperative. The chief spokesman for the nation’s electric cooperatives is NRECA Chief Executive Officer Glenn English.
http://www.nreca.org/

  
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