Perspective

Conversations with Power Systems Manufacturing President Alex Hoffs, S&C Electric CEO Anders Sjoelin, and Itron CEO Tom Deitrich.

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“The Big Bend modernization project was completed on time and under budget despite challenges to dismantlement of the coal-fired unit, need to construct a large pipe bridge over a canal, and impact of the ongoing global pandemic.”

“What’s unique about this panel is it enables a homeowner to understand what is consuming energy in the home. That allows a few unique effects. Number one, we are able to avoid utility service upgrades if you are electrifying your home, and if you have less than two hundred amps.”

“Having a place for Canada’s regulators to speak frankly with each other, share effectively, and build these networks helps promote regulatory excellence. That’s what CAMPUT is about, promoting regulatory excellence.”

“The distribution companies are first looking at our products to be as clean as possible, but when operations folks realize they can avoid the hassle and operating expenses that come with those permits, notifications, and leak response truck rolls, there’s a real cost savings too.”

“We’re seeing increased congestion leading to increased costs and reliability challenges in the last couple of years. The issue has ripened.”

“On fleet transition studies, we’ve been looking at sites in terms of how we best engineer electric vehicle charging infrastructure. We approach this from a perspective that considers changes behind the meter, impacts we are going to create on the grid side, and upgrades to incorporate on the grid.”

“We’re transitioning and making that move to decarbonize the value chain for our customers. We’re focusing on delivering hydrogen systems and localizing the hydrogen production in the U.S. We’re looking at battery systems and ways to improve grid reliability.”

“With what we have provided, the technology to do just-in-time power control, and do it accurately, now utilities can deal with the intermittency of renewables and are enabled to adopt a higher percentage of renewable energy on their grids.”