FutureReady – Spring 2018

Helen Ltd, a major energy utility in Finland, is heading a research project that will explore innovations in using and controlling energy storage as part of the smart grid initiative. The energy storage technology chosen for the project will be…

Landis+Gyr was the supplier of choice for a country-wide rollout in the principality of Liechtenstein. Landis+Gyr delivered a comprehensive smart metering solution covering the entire European principality of Liechtenstein. The publicly owned utility Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke (LKW), the sole supplier of…

The United Illuminating Company (UI) is a New Haven, Connecticut investor owned electric distribution company established in 1899.

Landis+Gyr and Stedin have realized the project by working closely together and reviewing the process thoroughly after each phase.

Landis+Gyr initiated cooperation with the utility SEDAS in Turkey.

Oncor, the largest regulated transmission and distribution utility in Texas, has made inroads in leveraging AMI data and proving its value to utilities. It has demonstrated success in using AMI and MDMS in tandem with OMS to improve operational efficiency…

Their first target? Capacitor banks located on various circuits throughout the distribution network. By automating control of these devices, they are able to ensure the capacitors are operating when needed to achieve optimal power factor and reduce line losses. In…

“Most of us have always done an aggregate system line loss,” said Greg Wolven, Director of Engineering at WIN. “We haven’t had the tools to delve down into the substation-based line loss, or it was so difficult and manpowerintensive that…

So they identified areas where relatively minor operational improvements could yield major cost savings and enhance service. Their first target? Outage management. Identifying, confirming and repairing outages can be a labor-intensive job –– especially if service crews have to be…