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…

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

The cooperation between Landis+Gyr and ČEZ began in 1986 with telemetric systems of the time. Technological developments over the years have led up to the deployment of Landis+Gyr Gridstream Converge.

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…

“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…

“We really feel that’s what being a cooperative is all about,” said Cameron Smallwood, Vice President of Cooperative Planning at UCS, “helping our members to use less energy and save money.” But in order to educate and engage consumers, UCS…

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…

Among electric utilities, cash flow is an increasingly common problem. Energy consumers are struggling to cover their service deposits and keep up with their monthly bills, and as a result, utilities are facing more and more bad debt. It’s a…

After all, numerous studies have confirmed that, by operating in the lower half of the 10% voltage band required by ANSI, utilities can see significant energy savings. But before Black River could begin regulating voltage, it had to be sure…