The smart grid deployment will use Trilliant’s SecureMesh communications network to provide a high-bandwidth private Wide Area Network (WAN) and Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) that interconnects meters and other smart grid-enabled devices to enable consumer energy management.
Trilliant’s UnitySuite head-end software will be used to manage the smart grid network. Other services include prime supply of electric meters, network design and installation services, software integration, and project management.
General Electric and Landis+Gyr are also providing electric meters for the Maine project, and IBM is providing Tivoli Netcool software integrated with UnitySuite applications for service management of Iberdrola’s smart grid communications infrastructure. CMP is part of Iberdrola USA and the Maine project is Iberdrola’s first smart grid project in US.
Sara Burns, president and CEO of CMP, said: “We have ambitious goals to improve our service and deliver value for customers through our smart grid network. Trilliant provided the right combination of communication and metering technology to suit our needs.”
