Quick take: As this announcement demonstrates, we're now at the point where we can remotely monitor all equipment in a substation. Soon we'll be able not just to remotely diagnose problems but even to proactively predict them before they occur. Asset management and maintenance are quietly, steadily undergoing a revolution. –Jesse Berst

S&C Electric and Doble Engineering announced a strategic alliance that gives S&C

With such proactive asset monitoring, S&C says it can identify, communicate and resolve equipment problems before they become disruptive.

“Problems with critical substation assets can result in prolonged outages that impact consumers and large power users such as data centers, manufacturing plants, schools and hospitals. Through our alliance with Doble, S&C is able to provide a total asset management solution for these customers’ substations,” says Wanda Reder, S&C VP for Power Systems Services.

Watertown, MA-based Doble is part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO Technologies.