DP&L Crews Assisting with Michigan Restoration Efforts.DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- Dayton Power and Light (DP&L), the electric utility subsidiary of DPL (Digital PowerLine) An earlier technology for transmitting a 1 Mbps data signal over electric power lines from Nortel Networks. It was developed in the late 1990s, but later abandoned due to implementation difficulties. See broadband over power lines. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPL), has sent 23 employees plus equipment to assist with electric restoration efforts in the Detroit area after a severe winter ice storm hit the region. The DP&L crews and support personnel will be working with DTE (Data Terminating Equipment) A communications device that is the source or destination of signals on a network. It is typically a terminal or computer. Contrast with DCE.  DTE - Data Terminal Equipment as they help restore power to customers in southeastern Michigan. The DP&L crews left Dayton last night and are expected to be back by this weekend. In addition, DP&L has released a number of electric contractor and tree trimming crews to lend assistance in other areas of Michigan as well as Missouri. "It's nice to be in a position to help. I am proud of the great group of DP&L employees we were able to send. They will make a real difference in the lives of the people impacted by this devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ice storm," said Pat Swanke, DP&L Vice President of Operations. DP&L is a part of the Great Lakes Mutual Assistance group, a consortium of 14 utility companies in the Midwest that provides emergency assistance to one another when possible. With reasonably quiet weather forecasted for the Dayton region this week, DP&L will have sufficient resources available to meet local needs. About DPL DPL Inc. (NYSE:DPL) is a regional electric energy and utility company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L); DPL Energy, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (DPLE DPLE Declarative Programming Languages in Education (conference) DPLE Digital Principle Local Exchange DPLE Danish Primary Laboratory for Electricity ); and DPL Energy Resources, Inc. (DPLER). DP&L, a regulated electric utility, provides service to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio; DPLE engages in the operation of merchant peaking generation facilities; and DPLER is a competitive retail electric supplier in Ohio, selling to major industrial and commercial customers. DPL, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates approximately 4,400 megawatts of generation capacity, of which 2,800 megawatts are low cost coal-fired units and 1,600 megawatts are natural gas and diesel peaking units. Further information can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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