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Marietta cites smart-grid upgrades, meter modernization after Digital City Award
Summary
City staff and Marietta Power & Water highlighted advanced metering and grid-control projects and outlined cybersecurity work and a federal grant partnership while accepting a Digital City Award.
Marietta city officials and staff used an agenda-review session to describe technology projects that helped the city win a Digital City Award and to outline ongoing cybersecurity upgrades backed by federal grants.
City water and electric staff told the council that the utilities have shifted from manual processes to automated systems and advanced metering, and that the city is participating in national pilot projects to expand grid monitoring and control.
Kim Holland, Director of Water and Wastewater for the City of Marietta and a member of the Board of Lights and Water, said Marietta moved from manual meter-reading to an advanced metering infrastructure that now covers the city's electric and water meters. "I'm Kim Holland,…
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