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“We will expand our efforts to address the challenges utilities face by delivering solutions that support reliable and resilient energy grids, improved operational efficien- cies through analytics and renewables integration. These the integration of Consert Inc into the North Ameri- areas are key for enhancing can operation, following the acquisition of Consert by the distribution systems.” Toshiba in February 2013. Landis+Gyr can now offer Prasanna Venkatesan, utilities innovative solutions that reduce peak energy Executive Vice President Americas consumption by utilizing two-way wireless communi- cations to establish a power management partner- ship between power utilities and consumers. Solid Performance in South America In South America, sales developed in line with tar- gets, supported by the high volume of electricity meters sold to Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel), which serves more than 3 million customers in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, Coelce, serving close to 2 million customers in the northeast, Energisa Group, serving nearly 800 towns and 4 mil- lion customers in the north, northeast, west, central and southeast of Brazil. Shipments of SGP+M units delivered to Ampla and Light, both in Rio de Janeiro State, contributed to Landis+Gyr’s dominant position of nearly 80 % market share in Brazil’s AMI segment. Additional shipments to CRE (Bolivia), Codensa (Colombia), Electricaribe (Colombia), EPE (Argentina), High Number of Project Wins EPEC (Argentina) and ANDE (Paraguay) contributed In 2013/14, Landis+Gyr North America again won to the region’s overall performance. important new customer contracts in addition to man- aging numerous ongoing projects. These included While the deployment of Smart Metering infrastruc- the continued rollout at Hydro-Québec and the com- ture is still in its very early stages in South America, pletion of landmark projects at Oncor and AEP Texas. Landis+Gyr is one of the front-runners in the develop- PSEG Long Island selected Landis+Gyr to deploy ment of these markets and is participating in a num- Advanced Metering and Smart Grid technology on ber of groundbreaking pilot projects, among them Fire Island. Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Advanced Metering installations in the cities of Búzios Cooperative (MTEMC) partnered with Landis+Gyr for and Sete Lagoas (both Brazil). the rollout of its Advanced Metering and Load Man- agement project. Furthermore, new contracts were completed with CPS Energy, Central Lincoln Public Utility District, Salt River Project (SRP), and Colorado Springs Utilities. In February 2014, the regional man- agement announced 13 new contracts for the Group’s Gridstream PLX system, its next-generation power TM line carrier network. The new contracts bring the total number of utilities deploying PLX technology since its release at the end of 2012 to 24. Throughout the year, TM 9 projects employed Gridstream two-way water meter reading, expanding the resource management reach of the solution. A special 2013 milestone was