National Grid will now be allowed to monitor and control its distribution infrastructure in real-time.
The project also allows rapid detection of possible outages, as well as immediate dispatch of field crews to reestablish power for the utility’s 3.4 million energy customers in the northeastern US.
The platform allows National Grid to play a better role in New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative.
The initiative plans to develop new business models between utilities and technology firms to enable new clean energy solutions for increasing competitiveness of renewable energy resources,
It also aims to strengthen the state’s energy infrastructure to combat severe weather events and ensure system security and resiliency.
ABB Power Grids division President Claudio Facchin said: "We are proud to provide this sustainable and innovative outage management software solution that will improve power security for the people of New York and Massachusetts.
"A key element of our Next Level Strategy is leveraging our software portfolio to help utilities improve reliability and ensure safe and clean energy delivery to their customers utilizing the Internet of Things, Services and People."
ABB’s outage management software offers real-time monitoring and control, network analysis, network optimisation, outage management and business analytics capabilities in an integrated software platform.
National Grid Operations vice president John Spink said: "The ABB software solutions we have put in place provide a platform for the future and position us for leadership in meeting the challenges utilities around the world are facing – deeper penetration of renewable energy resources such as wind and solar and wider deployment of distributed energy resources while ensuring reliable, safe and affordable electricity supplies."
