LIPA Request Proposals for Broadband over Power Lines !!!

February 21, 2006

The Long Island Power Authority Request For Proposals: Broadband over Power line (BPL) and Wireless Communications Demonstration Project

The Long Island Power Authority (the “Authority”) hereby solicits proposals from experienced firms in response to this Request For Proposal (“RFP”) to provide a Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) and Wireless Communications Demonstration Project (referred to hereafter as “BPL and Wireless Demonstration Project”) to the Authority and its subsidiary, the Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA (collectively, “LIPA”). LIPA seeks proposals to deploy and operate a BPL and Wireless network and the associated utility and customer applications for a two year period to demonstrate (i) the ability of the BPL technology to support utility operations as defined herein, and (ii) the provision of broadband services as defined herein to one hundred and five (105) participating customers (“Customers”) on selected circuits in Hauppauge, New York. Both BPL and wireless technologies should be utilized as necessary to provide the most effective system. All systems, devices and communications should be designed to be in compliance with the IntelliGridSM Architecture.


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