Customer Case Studies
Growing demand for electricity coupled with rising energy prices have driven new interest in automated peak load shedding programs at many utilities. At Black River Electric Cooperative in Sumter, S.C., engineers are experimenting with voltage regulation as a way to lower coincident peak load.
Colorado Springs Utilities
A smooth and continuous upgrade with the latest technology - even after the start of implementation - will make Colorado Springs Utilities Advanced Metering Infrastructure one of the most advanced multi-energy solutions in the USA.
Scottish and Southern
Landis+Gyr has been developing specific solutions for the Rede Group for more than ten years. This was demonstrated through Landis+Gyr’s forward thinking, getting our products and services to our customers before the competition with outstanding quality through superior speed to market, enabling a close partnership.
The Rede Group
Improved operational efficiency, significant cost savings and enhanced customer services were the key benefits for Energi Fyn, one of the leading utilities in Denmark, after implementing a total smart metering solution for all of their 81,000 customers. The state-of-the-art multienergy solution from Landis+Gyr includes electricity, heat and water.
Smart Meter Revolution about to go Global
Demand for power increases daily as living standards admirably improve around the globe. But energy supply fails to keep up and prices soar. To make matters worse, greenhouse gas emissions threaten to choke the planet. As governments, utilities, business leaders and homeowners grapple to find a solution, there is one obvious answer: manage energy better.
AmerenUE System Load Snapshot:
Since the massive August 2003 northeast power outage, there has been a renewed emphasis placed on reliable power delivery by utilities and regulatory bodies. Today leading utilities across the country are seamlessly integrating operations, planning, customer service, tariffs and sales with real-time utility information systems to leverage utility infrastructure assets.
Harford County DPW uses UtiliNet radios to improve their Wastewater Telemetry System
Harford County DPW, a public utility providing water and wastewater services for a county in Maryland, chose to implement a spread spectrum UtiliNet radio network that would meet their current needs and also take them into the future through the radio network’s capacity, expandability, and flexibility.
BrainPublic utility sees value in multi-utility AMI
Located in the heart of central Minnesota’s lake country, Brainerd Public Utilities serves the water and electric needs of a city that has seen a sharp rise in new development and residential construction.
TOU program catches on with fish farmers
While utilities across the country are considering ways to encourage peak reduction, use of advanced metering for demand response is gaining acceptance in some unexpected places.
Central EMC automates theft detection with integrated AMR solution
Power theft and meter tampering are certainly not new problems for electric utilities. However, the labor-intensive practice of manually monitoring and reporting these occurrences is giving way to automated solutions, as utilities seek to combat costly and potentially dangerous customer fraud.
Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Washington State’s largest utility, delivers electricity, natural gas, and energy solutions to 1.26 million customers in the Puget Sound area.
Serving the state’s commercial and technology center, PSE’s consumer base is growing by almost twice the national average. And, while other utilities grapple with how to define themselves, PSE is at the forefront of the industry, proactively pursuing strategies to succeed in the midst of massive changes being driven by technology, deregulation, and privatization.
Unitil combines electric and gas AMI project
When Unitil Corp. began searching for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for their electric and gas accounts, they knew what they wanted: a single system that could reliably function in the challenging topography of their New England service territories.
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department uses UtiliNet radios to implement an AMR/SCADA system
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) made the decision to implement a Landis+Gyr UtiliNet spread-spectrum radio network to implement both an automated meter reading (AMR) system and SCADA system for each customer community as well as to multiple locations within the city utility.
Georgia Power uses UtiliNet in its Distribution Efficiency Program (DEP)
Georgia Power, a unit of Southern Company, has been providing electricity to Georgia for more than a century. Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the largest generators of electricity. Georgia Power, an investor-owned, tax-paying utility serves customers in 57,000 of the state’s 59,000 square miles.
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority uses data management outsourcing deal to bring major operational and customer service improvements
Ambitious plans for raising standards of customer service and operational efficiency are being realized by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) with the implementation of one of the largest water fixed network radio frequency systems in the country. PWSA has been able to make the leap from an aging manual meter reading process to cutting-edge data management technology by outsourcing the entire operation.
Analysis of line voltage helps utility monitor fast growing service territory
Growth is good, but for an electric utility servicing a rapidly growing suburban population, it is also a challenge – especially managing power quality across an expanding distribution network. Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association, based in Rockford, MN, is a perfect example. Currently serving about 45,000 customers in the western suburbs of Minneapolis, the utility has added one-third of its total customer base in the last seven years.