Is Your ADMS Ready To Meet The Needs Of Tomorrow?
The world of power distribution is constantly evolving. Decarbonization, digitalization, and decentralization are forcing utilities to adapt their distribution networks. Among other things, that means adapting the systems used to monitor, control, restore, and optimize energy delivery.
To best meet the emerging needs of their market, customers, and regulators, and to prepare themselves for a sustainable future, utilities need a scalable, centralized ADMS platform that:
- Delivers a shared network model and a single user experience
- Provides capabilities to guide the control room through the safe maintenance and restoration of power during storms and outages
- Enables the utility to manage peak loads, optimize asset utilization, and improve reliability
“To safely and effectively manage an energy delivery infrastructure, utilities need a solution that serves as the “brain” and “nerve center” of the digital grid. The solution must consolidate and integrate the necessary software into a platform that will govern how all the functional network components (including consumers and DERs) can operate, coexist and interact in the new energy markets.” (Gartner “Market Guide for Advanced Distribution Management Systems,” Zarko Sumic, 19 June 2019)
Identifying and implementing systems that meet these needs can offer utilities both short-term and long-term benefits. Utilities can immediately see operational improvements via network flexibility, minimized losses, and better asset utilization.
These systems can shorten restoration times and deliver the transparency customers expect on outage information. As the market and utility’s needs change, they can add-on to their system with new ADMS applications, integrate renewables into their grid, and implement energy provisioning models.
In this featured article series, we’ll talk about how SurvalentONE ADMS doesn’t just meet, but also exceeds these needs.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What forces are driving change in power distribution and ADMS requirements?
Decarbonization, digitalization, and decentralization are reshaping utility networks, forcing modern systems to adapt how they monitor, control, restore, and optimize energy delivery.
What are the three core capabilities a modern ADMS must deliver?
A scalable, centralized ADMS must:
Offer a shared network model and single user experience
Provide control room guidance for safe maintenance and storm restoration
Enable management of peak loads, asset optimization, and improved reliability
What role does an ADMS platform serve in the digital grid?
It acts as the “brain” and “nerve center” of the digital grid, consolidating functions that govern how consumers, DERs, and network components operate, interact, and coexist in modern energy markets.
What short- and long-term benefits can utilities gain from this ADMS?
Short-term: increased network flexibility, reduced losses, better asset utilization, and faster restoration transparency. Long-term: a platform that supports integration of renewables and allows incremental addition of new ADMS applications.
How does SurvalentONE ADMS position utilities for future grid evolution?
By exceeding key ADMS requirements—sharing network data, guiding restoration, managing peak and reliability, and scaling with additional applications—SurvalentONE prepares utilities for evolving customer, market, and regulatory demands.