Landis+Gyr and Massachusetts public power utility Peabody Municipal Light Plant have agreed to a contract that will bring the benefits of intelligent grid management to PMLP’s 27,000 electric customers on the outskirts of Boston.
The third largest municipally owned electric utility in Massachusetts, PMLP is installing Landis+Gyr’s Revelo grid sensing AMI technology utilizing the Gridstream® Connect RF Mesh IP network to support efficient and flexible communication across its service territory.
“Our grid modernization project is designed to integrate new energy resources, while expanding energy management options for our customers,” said Joe Anastasi, General Manager at PMLP. “This technology supports initiatives to continually modernize our communications network, improve system functionality, and add public EV charging infrastructure, additional solar generation and energy storage. The real-time processing of grid edge data that Revelo provides is a significant benefit for situational awareness and load disaggregation to help manage demand and maintain reliability.”
In addition to adding AMI 2.0 functionality, PMLP is working to enhance electric vehicle charging options for customers, adding energy storage to help reduce peak power costs and reduce stress on the network while supporting clean energy options.
“PMLP is focused on solving some of the most pressing energy supply and demand challenges the industry is facing,” said Mark Ortega, Director of Distribution Sales at Landis+Gyr. “Revelo’s grid edge intelligence capabilities serve as a foundation for improved energy management and reliability.”
Landis+Gyr said its Revelo platform provides traditional AMI functionality along with continuously streaming high-resolution data to the edge intelligence processor to detect and identify loads and anomalies on both sides of the meter. Additionally, it is available to run on RF Mesh IP, Wi-SUN protocol and omni-carrier cellular or private LTE network.
