DPL Signs Implementation Agreement With PJM.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 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) announced today that it has signed an implementation agreement with PJM PJM Pacific Journal of Mathematics PJM Project Manager PJM Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica (Airport code) PJM Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Interconnection LLC (Mid-Atlantic region power pool) Interconnection, the country's first fully functioning regional transmission organization  This August 2006 is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. , thus making steady progress toward its full integration into a regional transmission organization. The implementation agreement identifies computer and other technical systems that PJM will install to begin operating Dayton Power and Light's (DP&L) transmission network in 2003. DP&L announced its intent to join PJM earlier this year. PJM operates the world's largest competitive wholesale electricity market and North America's largest power grid. PJM currently coordinates a pooled generating capacity of more than 71,600 megawatts. DPL Inc. is a diversified regional energy company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L) and DPL Energy. DP&L provides electric services to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio. DPL Energy operates over 4,600 megawatts of generation capacity and markets wholesale energy throughout the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . DPL Inc., through its subsidiaries, ranks among the top energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity. Further information on DPL Inc. can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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