Solution Overview

Electrical utilities balance safety, reliability, and affordability to deliver the electrical power that is essential to modern society. Problems in the electrical distribution network can result in loss of power to customers and financial penalties to utility companies. Electrical substations are critical to the electrical distribution system, and utilities monitor them to detect problems before they turn into outages. Monitoring these geographically distributed substations is a costly, time-intensive task. This solution, based on Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform and Advantech’s IEC-61850-3 certified equipment enables utility companies to monitor substations remotely.

Solution Benefits

• Eliminate the time and labor costs associated with dispatching crews for simple diagnostic inspections
• Anticipate equipment failures using a variety of sensors and measurements
• Maintain substation and electrical distribution system productivity
• Improve system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) and customer average interruption duration index (CAIDI)