The utility industry includes three distinct business segments: power generation, transmission, and distribution. Due to population growth and the advent of digital technologies like artificial intelligence and crypto currency block chains, electricity demand is growing at the fastest pace in many years. As demand grows, so does the need for new power delivery infrastructure. New transmission networks and all the complexity that brings are needed and will eventually need to be built. However, before these costs are passed on to consumers, operators can optimize their current infrastructure by deploying a better understanding of their ampacity at any given time. This allows utilities to run their networks closer to the constraints of the ampacity of the current conductors. These practices are currently being utilized by many operators until the permitting and other legal obstacles that come with infrastructure expansion are sorted.
Transmission and Distribution owners and operators are expanding their networks to keep up with this demand growth. With this expansion, the need for efficient maintenance and operations practices becomes increasingly critical to operate as reliably as possible. EGM provides data and information to utilities that helps them improve their power delivery reliability, saving them millions of dollars in avoided outages and by restoring power faster when they do occur. The solution consists of advanced line sensors, secure communication gateways, and the Meta-Alert® analytics platform where utility personnel have access to line information, advanced applications like AAR and DLR, and can manage the fleet of sensors remotely via Over-The-Air-Programming (OTAP).