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Southwest Research Institute and the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Tokyo, Japan, have extended their 20 year formal cooperative agreement for an additional five years. The agreement, which establishes a basis for SwRI to support CRIEPI in its efforts to provide technology and services to member utilities, was originally signed October 20, 1997. SwRI President and CEO Adam L. Hamilton, P.E., and CRIEPI Senior Vice President Dr. Jun Inumaru signed the new agreement on October 3.