The enhancements to UtilityIQ are expected to expand flexibility and scalability, extend multi-vendor support and further improve the industry’s offering with the low overall total cost of ownership.
The company said that UtilityIQ 4.1 further expands the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform total cost of ownership advantage by adding more functionality, making it easier for utilities to remotely upgrade their metering assets and by having the ability to connect devices to a common network.
UtilityIQ 4.1 now supports 10 million networked homes and businesses. This latest enhancement to UtilityIQ also improves performance of key functions, including system-wide cycle time and data exports, the company added.
The tool also supports multi-vendor, over-the-air meter programming and firmware upgrades for its meter partners, including GE and Landis+ Gyr.
Pacific Gas & Electric and Florida Power & Light, both of which are deploying the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform across their service territories, have migrated to UtilityIQ 4.1, and Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E ) is currently deploying UtilityIQ.
Judy Lin, chief product officer of Silver Spring Networks, said: ”With the introduction of these innovations, we continue to scale the size and performance of UtilityIQ, the foundational application for customers’ Smart Grid deployments.
”These improvements reinforce Silver Spring’s platform-based approach to the smart grid, by providing utilities with device flexibility, system scalability, multi-vendor support and the lowest total cost of ownership.”
Ken Grant, managing director of smart grid program at OG&E, said: “Over-the-air reprogramming allows us to make meter program changes without having to inconvenience our customers or rolling a truck. It’s truly the best of both worlds – enhanced customer service and operational savings.”
