Increasingly, utilities are adopting smart grid technologies to support their customers, control costs and help lower emissions. With these digital grid control solutions designed to gather, distribute, and interpret information about the behavior of energy suppliers and consumers, utilities are better positioned to improve the efficiency, importance, reliability, economics and sustainability of energy.
This week, it was announced that Western and Midwestern U.S. electric and natural gas utility company NorthWestern Energy has chosen Full Spectrum's FullMAX (News - Alert) private, broadband, wireless communications system for some of its smart grid communication needs. NorthWestern Energy provides electricity and natural gas to 668,300 customers in 349 cities in the western two-thirds of Montana, eastern South Dakota and central Nebraska. The utility manages approximately 30,500 miles of electrical transmission and distribution lines and 9,375 miles of natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines and storage facilities.
Palo Alto (News - Alert), California-based Full Spectrum develops and manufacturers wireless communications infrastructure equipment for mission critical industries. The company's products enable the implementation of the smart grid and other intelligent networks for a variety of industries including the electric utility, oil and gas, and transportation industries as well as emergency response and homeland security networks... Read More
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