Overview

GridPoint SmartGrid Platform™ aligns the interests of electric utilities, customers and the environment through an intelligent network of distributed resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power.

Utilities manage peak periods by reducing demand through distributed load measurement and control devices and dispatching power from distributed supply technologies.

GridPoint SmartGrid Platform offers utilities a modular, scalable and upgradeable architecture to achieve the short and long-term business objectives of electric utilities. For instance, utilities can immediately deploy proven distributed technologies and plan for the future by easily adopting a wide array of emerging technologies, such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and fuel cells.

The result is an economical, scaleable and environmentally beneficial way to balance demand and supply.

How It Works

GridPoint SmartGrid Platform provides an intelligent network that integrates load measurement and control devices, energy storage technologies and renewable energy sources into the electric grid. The platform can easily incorporate emerging technologies, such as PHEVs and fuel cells, as these technologies become commercially viable.

GridPoint Energy Manager™ is the intelligent node within the home or business that communicates with the GridPoint Operations Center. The operations center acts as an intelligent hub that processes and exchanges information across the platform and provides software applications for utility and customer control.

Utilities gain direct control over distributed technologies through the GridPoint Control Console, located in the utility control room, and customers manage their energy online through the GridPoint Customer Portal.