Managing peak demand can be a challenge for utilities, resulting in disproportionate infrastructure expenses to address increasingly uncertain demand. Demand management provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional capacity expansion, as well as a means to integrate intermittent renewables. A robust load management program that includes demand response can benefit both utilities and their customers. Landis+Gyr’s load control solutions take advantage of intuitive software, smart devices, and robust communication, to deliver effective demand response. When combined with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) investments, load control programs can be enhanced with improved targeting, streamlined measurement and verification, and better analytics.

Power Center, Landis+Gyr’s cloud-based, near real-time load control system, takes advantage of two-way communication to help utilities manage load control devices, create and execute demand management strategies, and analyze the effectiveness of demand management events. Power Center offers a dashboard with a near real-time view of the flexible load that is available to dispatch. With this insight, operators can avoid ineffective demand response events and the associated financial penalties. Integrations between Power Center and other utility systems further enable automation of load control dispatches based on real-time grid conditions. Power Center gives utilities the ability to transform load into a dependable capacity resource that can be managed like a power plant.