The smart grid program includes a deployment of Trilliant’s multi-tier SecureMesh smart grid solution to deliver advanced utility services.
Victoria Electric Cooperative covers 1,800 square miles in southeastern Texas and serves six counties with about 19,500 residential and 540 commercial and industrial customers.
The pilot program of Victoria Electric Cooperative will be a 90-day test phase to designated locations in its service area.
Initial applications will be to improve operational efficiency, provide interval data for critical peak pricing and time-of-use rates and enhance outage detection.
A key component in HD Supply Utilities’ GridAdvance integrated, end-to-end smart grid solution, Trilliant’s SecureMesh multi-tier architecture enables the two-way flow of data to integrate the utility’s head-end systems with distribution, smart metering, and home devices, Trilliant said.
These sections of the grid correspond to communication tiers: a wide area network tier, which connects distribution devices and aggregates the neighborhood area network tier, that connects meters and aggregates the home area network tier, which connects in-home devices.
