Available to utilities in volume at $59 per unit, the Sequentric ERT Gateway provides kilowatt-hour energy consumption data from electric meters to utility customers as frequently as every 15 seconds.
The ERT Gateway, developed under license from Itron, is the newest addition to the family of Sequentric HAN products now being manufactured and supplied to electric utilities for their smart grid residential energy management, grid reliability and demand response programs.
The Sequentric ERT Gateway offers utilities a three-step plan for integrating HANs into their smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) initiatives. On its own, the ERT Gateway collects and delivers energy consumption data through a variety of already available technologies. This engages homeowners by letting them monitor their energy usage while opening up an information exchange conduit with the utility.
The device is based on smart grid standards including OpenHAN, internet protocol for communication and NIST-certified AES encryption to ensure data security. Once connected, the ERT Gateway collects kilowatt-hour data from the bubble-up meter message and relays it to secure servers operated by the utility to drive a variety of display devices and software portals for the homeowner.
Daniel Flohr, CEO of Sequentric, said: “Right now, tens of millions of ERT meters are transmitting very important energy consumption information at the endpoints of the power grid. Sequentric’s ERT Gateway collects this information while also serving as the hub of a home area network for electrical device monitoring and management.”
