Survalent Category: Demand Response

What, Why, and How: Executive Insights from Canada’s first community-wide smart grid initiative UC23

In 2021, PUC Distribution (PUC), owned by the City of Sault Ste. Marie, received Ontario Energy Board approval for a $34-million smart grid initiative. Join this session to learn why Robert Brewer, CEO of PUC, believes this project will be [...]

ADMS Integration and Beyond – How Survalent Enables Easier Setup and Advanced Functionality UC23

One of the major obstacles in the adoption of an ADMS solution is concern regarding its interoperability with existing enterprise/legacy systems and protocols. SurvalentONE ADMS, featuring an advanced SmartVU GUI, is hardware agnostic – it is interoperable with devices from [...]

Revolutionizing Reliability: Leveraging FLISR and DVR for Maximum Uptime and Quality

Today’s utilities must deliver always-on power in a world of increasing demand, powerful weather events, and growing demand for renewable (intermittent) power. Solutions like Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) and Dynamic Voltage Regulation (DVR) are proving pivotal in [...]

Rotational Load Shedding and Rolling Blackouts: Be Prepared for the Worst

When 2021 winter storms decimated Texas’ power supply, Farmers Electric Cooperative was ready, with a pre-configured Rotational Load Shedding (RLS) system. Once the order came to shed load, the utility only had to start the application and RLS automatically managed [...]

ADMS & DER Coordinated Capability Demonstration to increase Reliability & Resiliency

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with the assistance of the Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a vendor-neutral test bed environment to evaluate the future electric system and enable the industry to reduce the entry barriers for advanced application [...]

Heatwave? Storm Clouds? Address These Challenges with Demand Response

Ready to automate peak shaving, voltage reduction & load shedding? In this T&D World-hosted webinar replay, you'll hear how demand response technology can help you reduce costs, prevent widespread blackouts, act quickly and accurately during high pressure events, and participate [...]

Not everything is better with a human touch. You need automation.

You might have heard that a human aspect makes a company better. Although that might be true in most cases, for electric utilities facing massive storms, nothing beats automation. A control room can feel like a war zone during storms. [...]

Saving nearly $1 million with Dynamic Voltage Regulation

One of the biggest expenses of many cooperatives is their monthly power demand. Since 2013, Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation has been using dynamic voltage reduction to reduce that monthly demand. The utility uses the tools available in Survalent software to [...]

Improve Network Reliability & Quality of Service with SurvalentONE Demand Response Applications

Now – more than ever – utilities need to make informed, dynamic decisions to efficiently manage load and improve network reliability to meet customer requirements. This informative webinar will cover the various SurvalentONE demand response applications that will help you [...]

Cost is king & reliability is expensive

It’s exciting time to be in the electric utility industry with all of the technology advancements that are available today. The challenge, though, is how to filter through the many choices to make wise selections that ultimately meet the needs [...]

Conserve, reduce, and optimize with demand response applications

Customers today take power for granted … and that’s a good thing. It’s proof that you’re delivering a steady flow of power whenever and wherever they need it. But we know it’s not always easy. Fortunately, demand response technology that [...]