Using ABB’s Network Manager, the ADMS will process data from power line sensors and smart electric meters to identify the location of power outages and remotely control intelligent grid switching devices to shorten the duration of power outages.
Phase-1 is expected to be completed in 2013 and will cover more than half a million Houstonians in central Houston and along the Houston Ship Channel.
Network Manager is an operations management system designed to provide advanced network modeling and management, integrated switching and tagging, trouble call and outage management, crew management, and historical archiving and reporting.
A portion of the funding for deploying smart meters and the ADMS is provided through a US Department of Energy Smart Grid Investment grant.
CenterPoint Houston Electric is using $150m of the grant to accelerate completion of the installation of more than two million smart electric meters across Houston from 2014 to mid 2012, and the remaining $50m is being used for phase-1 of the intelligent grid deployment.
