Supply Management

GridPoint SmartGrid Platform's intelligent network of distributed supply technologies enables utilities to meet peak power requirements and increase grid reliability while delivering valuable benefits to customers and the environment.

Utilities can manage peak periods in real-time or through scheduled events as well as predict, control and verify supply by technology (e.g. advanced batteries) either in aggregate or by substation, feeder or individual customer.

The platform discharges power during peak periods to replace traditional, less-efficient peaking technologies, and automatically recharges during off-peak periods, storing and optimizing highly-efficient baseload generation. The platform's distributed nature enables utilities to target deployments and leverage a local energy supply to reduce stress on transmission lines and distribution feeders.

By optimizing generation, transmission and distribution resources, utilities reduce carbon emissions and pollutants affecting public health while conserving fuel, capital and land resources.

This innovative approach offers a clean, cost-effective and scaleable alternative to peaking power plants while avoiding regulatory, environmental and "time-to-build" hurdles. Additionally, utilities have uninterrupted access to peak power through distributed autonomous, maintenance-free installations versus central-station plants that require routine maintenance.

GridPoint SmartGrid Platform also allows utilities to demonstrate environmental stewardship by leveraging clean energy resources and fueling their mass adoption. The platform integrates distributed renewable energy sources in a utility-controlled manner, enabling utilities to lease solar and wind energy systems to their customers. Additionally, the platform's intelligence automatically charges plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) during off-peak periods, enabling utilities to offer customers significantly reduced charging costs and limit peak load growth.