Indiana’s Tipmont deploys sensing meters in grid modernisation strategy

The electric utility company has selected Landis+Gyr’s Revelo sensing meters to better manage its grid and improve member engagement as part of its grid modernisation strategy.

The agreement includes the installation of the Gridstream RF Mesh IP network to cover more than 30,000 Revelo advanced meters being deployed across its service territory, along with software hosting and project support.

“We selected a smart grid technology capable of providing long-term energy management benefits for our members,” said Ron Holcomb, Tipmont president & CEO. “Being able to offer load disaggregation technology and other energy management applications to our membership is a key part of our strategy.”

The platform aims to provide access to granular data which, when combined with machine learning, will enable real-time load disaggregation, anomaly detection on both sides of the meter and autonomous decision making at the grid edge.

The announcement follows another announcement that Landis+Gyr deployed advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for water meters by the City of Neenah Water Utility in Wisconsin.

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Under their multi-year agreement, the water utility will deploy more than 11,000 RF Interpreter Register water modules for existing and new water meters, aiming to allow the water utility to receive interval data from all of its meters, including alerts that could help customers save on water bills.

Operating under a network-sharing agreement with Wisconsin electricity provide We Energies and Landis+Gyr, data from the meters will be transmitted over We Energies’ Gridstream RF Mesh network operated for electric metering in the city.

“The ability to utilise an existing network for our AMI deployment not only presents cost savings for the utility but also overcomes many of the challenges a water utility faces when deploying network infrastructure,” said Anthony Mach, water utility director at City of Neenah.

“The ability to add a two-way AMI system will also benefit our customers by providing features such as leak detection and other alerts to help manage water use and costs more efficiently.”