Landis+Gyr is installing a grid intelligence platform for Illinois-based utility Southwestern Electric Cooperative (SWEC).

This features grid sensing technology and metering for managing energy reliability and efficiency.

By deploying Landis+Gyr’s Revelo grid sensing meter, SWEC will have access to software applications driven by high-resolution grid data to enable real-time load disaggregation, voltage management, outage management and overall situational awareness.

“As an independent cooperative, we’re responsible for managing energy supply, reliability and costs for members,” said Bobby Williams, chief executive officer at SWEC. “We needed better information across our system to design demand management programmes that work for customers and can utilise smart thermostats and water heaters in the process. We chose the Revelo platform for the ability to expand our grid edge connectivity and offer more energy engagement opportunities for our members.”

Additionally, SWEC is hoping to use distribution automation and grid edge applications for monitoring the health of distribution assets and to assist with planning to lower capital expenses. With 8MW of solar generation on its system, SWEC is also looking at integrations with its DERMS platform to help operate two-way power flows.

“Utilities like SWEC have been instrumental in modernising distribution planning and management,” said David Chris, senior director at Landis+Gyr. “The real-time data Revelo provides from both sides of the meter will play an expanding role in keeping electricity reliable and affordable as new energy resources are adopted.”

Revelo’s features support AMI use cases to help utilities with flexible grid management, including support for transportation electrification, distributed energy resources and circuit level capacity management. More than five million Revelo (www.landisgyr.com/solution/revelo) sensing meters are under contract and being deployed in North America.

Based in Greenville, Illinois, SWEC (sweci.com) is a not-for-profit, member-owned utility serving more than 24,500 residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial members in 11 counties along the I-70 corridor between St Louis, Missouri, and Effingham, Illinois.

Swiss firm Landis+Gyr provides integrated energy management. It measures and analyses energy use to generate analytics for smart grid and infrastructure management, enabling utilities and consumers to reduce energy consumption. With sales of $2bn in 2023, Landis+Gyr (www.landisgyr.com) employs around 6700 people across five continents.