The S&C Electric smart grid plan is to supply the distributed intelligence to create a self-healing grid. S&C Electric's smart grid product line includes switchgear, protection gear, wireless communications and software for distribution and substation automation. Founded in 1911, the employee-owned company recorded sales of $500 million in 2009. S&C Electric's smart grid competitors include General Electric and Cooper Power.
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S&C Electric is the ultimate "fly-beneath-the-radar" engineering-first company. In its typical understated fashion, the Chicago-based, employee-owned firm is quietly amassing a strong portfolio of smart grid technologies. Its latest partnership with Cambium Networks is a case in point.
S&C Electric President John Estey, EPB CEO Harold DePriest, Assistant Secretary Patricia Hoffman of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Edd Wilson discuss Chattanooga's smarter grid, and what to look for next in the deployment of smart grids.
EPB, Chattanooga's electric utility, hit a milestone this week with the final installation of S&C Electric technology designed to cut power outage times by 40%. There's more on the story inside.
There's no question that electric vehicles are a hot topic. They can potentially increase our energy independence while reducing our reliance on fossil fuel. Yet barriers are slowing adoption. We are all aware of common challenges - but S&C Electric Company VP Mike Edmonds says there is a "hidden" barrier - the grid itself.
What's the word from smart grid companies hunkered down in San Antonio this week? Click for a quick look at our latest batch of announcements from DistribuTECH, including a partnership between BMW and Tendril, a new integrated solution from S&C and Alstom Grid and project awards for AEP Ohio and other utilities.
Today we're featuring the fifth and final installment in our series highlighting the reader-nominated companies up for consideration as 2012 Smart Grid Companies to Watch. Did your favorites make the list? Click to see the final four companies that made it through the first cut and on to next week's voting round.
Two "firsts" announced today: S&C Electric will install what it says is the first community energy storage system at customers' homes in an AEP Ohio test of the technology. And eMeter announced that it has successfully integrated its Energy IP platform with utility CPS Energy's SAP IS-U EhP5 system to give CPS customers real-time energy use information and other enhanced metering services. Read more inside.
Some very cool smart grid technology has a new lease on life with S&C Electric's just-announced acquisition of grid optimization tools from the Current Group. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst got the inside scoop from the company's strategy VP. Click inside to learn why he thinks this could be a game-changer for S&C.
BC Hydro and partner S&C Electric will integrate an energy storage system into the electric grid to improve service reliability for a remote British Columbia mountain community and reduce peak load demand for a second community. Click for details on how the project will eliminate the need for expensive investments in additional transmission capacity.
Smart grid electric power delivery company S&C Electric has added high-accuracy voltage and current sensors to its IntelliRupter® PulseCloser. S&C says the additions mean IntelliRupter can respond to self-healing and protection applications with more accuracy than any device now on the market.
SGN's Jesse Berst says distribution optimization is the next big thing as utilities search for ways to squeeze more efficiency out of the distribution network. Read why he thinks S&C Electric is poised and equipped to be a leader in the field.
Alstom Grid and S&C Electric Company will collaborate on developing smart grid solutions to demonstrate improved interoperability and next-generation real-time self-healing networks between Alstom's Integrated Distribution Management System and S&C Electric's Automatic Restoration System.
S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of reliable electric delivery, and EPB of Chattanooga, Tennessee, today announced the first shipments of S&C's IntelliRupter® PulseCloser and IntelliTEAM SG™ for the EPB electric distribution system. This shipment kicks off a major project where up to 1500 IntelliRupters with IntelliTEAM SG will be deployed on EPB's distribution system.
S&C Electric Company, a leader in integrating renewable energy sources into the grid, today received a Green Industry Business Development Program Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) for its testing facility, located in the Rogers Park neighborhood. To recognize S&C’s groundbreaking Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and the resulting efficiency the company now has in product development, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn personally delivered the news today and met with company executives and employees.
One of these days the smart meter hoopla will die down and utilities will start layering distribution automation on top of their metering infrastructure. When they do they’ll discover that S&C Electric’s pioneering approach to distributed intelligence makes a great complement to centralized C&C. At least that’s Jesse Berst’s take on it. Click inside and see if you agree.
There's more news coming out of the Smart Grid company candy store, the 2010 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition happening this week in Tampa. Read about the latest offerings from Silver Spring Networks, S&C Electric, Oracle, Itron, Tropos and SmartSynch.
S&C Electric Company today announced that it is working with Oracle to develop and promote advanced distribution management systems for the Smart Grid. Designed to achieve interoperability between Oracle Utilities Network Management System and S&C’s IntelliTEAM SG® Automatic Restoration System, the resulting integration will support utilities' Smart Grid build-outs. S&C and Oracle are demonstrating integrated solutions this week at DistribuTECH in Tampa, FL.
S&C Electric Company, a Smart Grid leader shaping the future of reliable electric delivery, today announced an enhanced product and software suite for the intelligent distribution grid featuring IntelliTEAM SG™, S&C’s 3rd generation Automatic Restoration System. This advanced solution performs fault isolation and rapid self-healing of the distribution system, restoring power in seconds. IntelliTEAM SG also reduces the complexity of deploying advanced distribution automation.
Ohio's American Electric Power has selected S&C Energy Company, an innovative Smart Grid player specializing in electricity reliability, to participate in its gridSMART Project in Ohio. The demonstration project will include a variety of Smart Grid technologies, including distribution, utility back office and consumer programs.
Three new demonstration projects caught our attention - a smart grid effort in Albuquerque's business district, a rapid recovery transformer study in Texas and a trial involving low voltage current sensor technologies in the UK. They also got us to thinking: At this stage in the smart grid build out, if you could design a demonstration project, what would it entail? That's our latest Tuesday Topic; click for the details.
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