A major player in smart metering, the Sensus smart grid imprint is felt around the world. In fact, the Raleigh, N.C.-based utility infrastructure company has operations and facilities on five continents. A key feature of the Sensus smart grid portfolio is its FlexNet AMI system for both electric and water utilities. But Sensus smart grid offerings also include technologies that help utilities in the operational efficiency and customer engagement arena.
In addition to advanced meter reading, Sensus smart grid applications include data acquisition, demand response, distribution automation, home area networking and outdoor lighting control. The company is also working with GE smart grid groups to manufacture and deliver electricity metering technology for the commercial and industrial sectors.
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Clayton, Georgia is a small town that had a big non-revenue water problem attributed to leaks in its very old water system – made worse by high pressure levels needed to pump water throughout its mountainous service territory. Click for a look at how Clayton and three other communities are using smart water meters to save money and save water.
While major deals with the big investor-owned utilities grab most of the headlines, the majority of the top vendors are targeting small to mid-size utilities, municipals and cooperatives. Now Sensus has taken a different approach with what it refers to as its "completely integrated suite" of utility enterprise software.
Sensus is building a new AMI communications infrastructure for the Caribbean Utilities Company that serves Grand Cayman. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst takes a look at the project and the advantages of the Sensus FlexNet system for this commercial and residential deployment.
This Sensus white paper highlights recent advancements in water metrology that are bringing utilities metering solutions that will help capture more revenue, provide unprecedented business intelligence, reduce costs associated with owning and operating meters and protect natural water resources.
We're now at a spot down the smart grid path where utilities are moving beyond the expected and taking next steps with advanced technologies - from the flywheel systems protecting Austin Energy's new control center to SAIC's Smart Grid as a Service supporting critical energy management systems in remote Alaskan villages. In our latest project roundup we're spotlighting these and five other smart grid projects we think you'll want to know about.
Garden City, Kansas serves the water and electric needs for a population of more than 28,500 residents. As a municipal utility provider, Garden City is committed to providing affordable electricity and water to its citizens. The city turned to Sensus, its existing water meter provider, for solutions to update their electric and water meter reading processes and technologies.
This presentation by Sensus highlights the advantages of smart grid water solutions for residential metering and leak detection and explains the advanced features in its iPerl smart meter technology.
The five companies that provide the majority of smart meters to the UK energy market will integrate the Sensus FlexNet™ long-range radio communications solution into their product suites. Sensus says that decision recognizes that its solution is a solid fit for UK smart meter and smart grid programs. Get more on the story inside.
Sensus has chosen to integrate IBM encryption and key management technologies into its FlexNet™ AMI, which the company says will beef up its existing security capabilities and promote data security as a critical part of the smart grid.
SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst spent some time with Russ Vanos, Itron's Vice President of Marketing, to get a reading on the company's long-term strategy. It's an ambitious regimen that involves major transitions and diversification. Click inside for the details on what Itron has planned.
A new IDC Energy Insights report provides an in-depth assessment and ranking of the top vendors in the AMI communications network market. While the study used a rigorous evaluation process, read why Jesse Berst was so surprised at IDC's choice for the leader. (Pssst... it's Landis+Gyr).
Rural electric cooperatives will have the option to buy Sensus smart grid technologies through a reseller partnership with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative. Products and services are to include advanced metering infrastructure, smart meters, distribution automation and demand response.
Sensus designs, manufactures and supplies intelligent state of the art metering solutions to satisfy the needs of water, energy and gas utilities daily across the globe.
When we last speculated about survivors of the smart meter shakeout, Sensus was barely on the radar. But now, a year later, Jesse Berst thinks the North Carolina company may in its own quiet way emerge as one of the winners. Find out why inside.
The Sensus FlexNet™ 2.2 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) communications system has achieved the Smart Grid industry’s first Achilles security certification, the internationally recognized cyber-security accreditation from Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of security products and services for the industrial automation industry.
The global market for home area network products and services could reach $3 billion in 2014, making it an increasingly attractive target for investors and developers.
When the City of Sunnyside, Washington needed to increase revenue, officials expected that raising water utility rates by 6 percent would provide the additional revenue from the 1 billion gallons it pumped each year. However, in the 12 months following the rate increase, revenue was down by $120,000. In an effort to find the cause, utility management reexamined its customer base of 3,500, which included 1,000 commercial businesses. A look at the billing history of its top 10 water users revealed that charges to their largest customer – a consumer products factory – decreased from $7,000 to $1,600 per month for more than a year - representating a significant drop in revenue for the utility.
The logo for Redwood City, California reads: “Building a great community together.” Basing their teamwork on an innovative water conservation program, supported by the Sensus FlexNet Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system, city officials and residents are working hand-in-hand to make sure water usage is consumed thoughtfully for the benefit of all residents.
IBM, with a little help from major players in network technologies, is offering utilities that want to make the leap from traditional electric grids to smart grids a one-stop shopping experience, from consultation and design to integration and deployment.
The decision makers at British utilities aren't sure which network technology would best ensure success for smart meter deployments, but they do think security, reliable meter readings and high first-time connection rates are critical. The company that conducted the research recommends that the utilities seriously consider long-range radio for the network because of its universal coverage.
BT, the leading networked IT services provider, has announced that it is backing long-range radio and the Sensus FlexNet™ AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) system for the UK’s smart metering initiative. After spending 18 months analyzing the various smart metering communications options available, BT has partnered with Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services company, and intelligence and security company, Detica, to offer a dedicated and secure long-range radio communications solution for Great Britain.
PECO, an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, has issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to purchase the Sensus FlexNet™ communications network as its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution for a program that is expected to encompass more than 1.6 million electric customers. PECO will leverage the technologically robust solution to monitor and measure electric distribution and consumption on a single designated communications highway for all related utility applications. PECO and Sensus will now work together on project requirements and details in an effort to reach a final work agreement.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) is working with Oregon’s PV Powered, Inc. to improve distributed generation islanding detection with synchrophasors for a photovoltaic (PV) project on the first U.S. solar highway. The partners, including Portland General Electric, Northern Plains Power Technologies, and Sensus, are part of a national initiative to integrate PV generation technologies into the nation’s power grid.
ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, and Sensus, the leading provider of innovative technology solutions that enable the conservation of water and energy, have announced a new partnership agreement that will allow the two companies to better collaborate on delivering enhanced Smart Grid solutions to customers.
Sensus, the leading provider of innovative technology solutions for electric, gas, and water utilities, has been chosen to provide equipment and services for PPL Electric Utilities’ Remote Operator Controlled Switch program which has been approved for system-wide use.
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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