Automation and smart grid strategy

Shaping and planning a smart grid vision

As utilities develop their vision for the future, they must consider many complex, interrelated challenges—growing demand for power, carbon emissions, environmental compliance, aging infrastructure, aging workforce, and increasing requirements for greater reliability.

 

At the same time, the utility customer – accustomed to conveniences of a modern digital economy -- expects increasingly better and faster service in every dimension of life. For many utilities, designing their future around an automation and smart grid strategy provides the only way to cost-effectively satisfy these needs.

 

Utility strategy for an intelligent energy future

 

KEMA brings multi-disciplinary experts in utility planning, operations, and customer research to help utilities effectively plan, deploy and harvest the value from smart grid investments. We help clients map strategic options, plan a regulatory and rate case strategy, develop business cases and model implementation options. The strategy roadmap also provides risk assessment and mitigation plans.

 

Integrating power system automation, protection and monitoring

We offer a comprehensive understanding of T&D system performance from the meter to the generator. We help clients seamlessly integrate infrastructures for power system automation, protection, and monitoring. And with in-depth familiarity with regulations and standards, we help clients develop value propositions for the utility, end-user, and state public service commissions that take full advantage of existing federal regulations, mandates, and incentives.