ATLANTA, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell
(NYSE: HON) today announced it will provide three power
providers in the United States
with managed smart grid services that offer a simpler way to manage
very technical smart grid networks, and enable improved electricity
service and reliability for their customers. The Honeywell
subscription services offer an alternative for smaller utilities,
which typically have fewer IT resources, that choose not to own and
manage their own advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) software.
Managing AMI software is a resource-intensive task that many
smaller utilities often struggle to accomodate.
The three managed services subscribers that will use
Honeywell-managed and maintained smart grid software -- municipal
utilities in the cities of Glenwood
Springs, Colo., and St. John,
Kansas, as well as Yakama Power in Toppenish, Wash. – will realize the full
benefits of an AMI system, including reduced operating expenses and
the ability to better serve customers through improved billing
accuracy and faster outage recovery.
"Utilities have to provide power in a consistent and reliable
way, but grid modernization makes this complex because it involves
choosing the right smart grid framework and ensuring its ongoing
management," said Nitin S. Kulkarni,
president of Smart Energy, Honeywell Home and Building
Technologies. "This can be particularly challenging for smaller
communities and their IT resources. Honeywell's expertise and
connected services reduce risk and provide added resources to level
the playing field for all utilities so they can focus on their core
business."
Through the Honeywell managed services subscriptions, all three
utilities will receive portal access and analytics for Honeywell's
EnergyAxis® connected electricity meters. The meters
will provide data on customer energy consumption to enable more
accurate billing, and also help detect meter tampering and outages
for faster power restoration.
"As a smaller utility, we have many of the same fundamental
objectives as any large power provider, but the added obstacle of
operating with often limited resources – especially when it comes
to IT," said Jeff Williamson,
utility director for the City of St.
John, Kansas. "Honeywell's managed smart grid services help
us more easily cover off on important network management tasks so
we can focus on our ultimate objective of providing our customers
with affordable and reliable power."
In addition to receiving EnergyAxis® connected
electric meters and subscription access to the collected meter
data, details for each of the managed services projects
include:
- City of Glenwood Springs,
Colorado – Glenwood
Springs sits at an elevation of about 5,700 feet on the
western side of the Continental Divide, approximately 85 miles
northeast of Grand Junction,
Colorado. The Glenwood Springs Electric System's selection
of Honeywell managed smart grid services follows a successful pilot
project that tested the services. For the full project, the utility
will use the services to streamline billing and better monitor and
manage grid assets to serve the city's more than 9,900 residents.
The services will integrate with the utility's existing meter data
management (MDM) system, which is also from Honeywell.
- City of St. John,
Kansas – As a small community comprised of about 1,300
residents and located approximately 75 miles east of Dodge City, Kansas, St. John chose Honeywell managed smart grid
services for enhanced billing readings as well as for the portal's
enhanced monitoring capabilities. The additional insights from
Honeywell's services will allow the utility to monitor grid
resources and system performance to identify overloaded
transformers and outages. The utility is also deploying Honeywell
smart water meters in addition to electricity meters, and will
leverage Honeywell meter installation services to expedite
deployment.
- Yakama Power – Located in Toppenish, Washington, Yakama Power sits in
the fertile Yakama Valley between two mountain ranges, equal
distance from Portland and
Seattle. This service area, known
for extreme weather conditions, is expected to benefit from
Honeywell-managed smart grid services outage and restoration
notifications. In addition to power metering for residential and
agricultural customers, Yakama Power serves more than 30,000
members of the Yakama Nation.
Honeywell provides complete smart grid and energy management
solutions that drive energy efficiency, operational improvements
and cost savings for utilities, commercial and industrial
customers, and consumers. Honeywell has more than 130
utility-managed EnergyAxis deployments worldwide, including 81 in
the United States, as well as more
than 20 managed services deployments.
Visit www.honeywellsmartenergy.com for more information on the
company's broad smart grid technology and services.
About Honeywell Home and Building
Technologies
Honeywell Home and Building Technologies (HBT)
is a global business with more than 44,000 employees worldwide. HBT
creates products, software and technologies found in more than 150
million homes and 10 million buildings worldwide. We help
homeowners stay connected and in control of their comfort, security
and energy use. Commercial building owners and occupants use our
technologies to ensure their facilities are safe, energy efficient,
sustainable and productive. Our advanced metering hardware and
software solutions help electricity, gas and water providers supply
customers and communities more efficiently. For more news and
information on Honeywell Home and Building Technologies, please
visit http://www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100
software-industrial company that delivers industry specific
solutions that include aerospace and automotive products and
services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry;
and performance materials globally. Our technologies help
everything from aircraft, cars, homes and buildings, manufacturing
plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make
our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news
and information on Honeywell, please visit
www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
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