Whether you have heard of SUBNET Solutions Inc. or not, the fact is SUBNET products help manage thousands of substations for electric utilities worldwide. Below is a selection of links to articles that feature and reference the work SUBNET does within the power industry.
Paving the Way to the 21st Century Smart Grid at Seattle City Light Author Michael Pesin, Seattle City Light | Electric Light & Power | June 2010
Seattle City Lights (SCL) smart grid vision includes customer end systems, distributed energy resources, energy delivery system, substation system and integration with existing hydro generation. It is important to note that smart grid is not defined by what technologies it incorporates but rather by what it can do. Read what SCL is doing to build a smart grid.
Read the Article Cargill Chooses SEL to Modernize and Automate Brazilian Starch and Sweetener Factory Substations Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | May 2010
A press release issued by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories highlights how manufacturing-giant Cargill has increased reliability while saving money by modernizing one of their Brazilian substations. Part the solution included using SUBNET’s
SubSTATION Server software application on SEL-3332 Intelligent Server hardware. This success further solidifies SUBNET’s position as a leader in intelligent substation solutions in North America and globally. The success of this project is due in part to the thriving partnership SUBNET has with Schweitzer Engineering.
Read the Article Take Asset Decisions Off the Clock Author Dawn Toporek | Transmission & Distribution World| April 2010
Over the past 10 to 15 years, utilities have seen tremendous growth in the number of smart relays and other smart substation devices. In addition, there have been significant advancements in communications to these field devices. Southern Company needed a solution that would integrate well with its existing standard substation gateway solution, which is the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) 3351 running SUBNET Solutions SubstationSERVER.NET software. After vendor evaluations and a request for proposal process, Southern Company selected a combination solution from two vendors: InStep Software's eDNA Historian software and SUBNET Solutions' ESNET software. Southern calls the combined solution the Field Data Historian (FDH).
Read the Article Making Substations Talk the Talk Author Bill Koch | Rural Electric Magazine | January 2010
Electric co-ops find increasing the movement and availability of substation data boosts system reliability while greatly improving operational efficiency. Substation automation involves making sure all of the various pieces, parts, and functions found in the facilities "play well together." Properly implemented, the final product will greatly enhance traditional Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems by gathering additional, in-depth information for use in streamlining electric co-op operations, maintenance, and planning.
Read the Article Smart Substations: Still a Long Way to Go Author Warren Causey | Energy Central | April 2009
In an article published by Energy Central, SUBNET Solutions Inc. is credited with helping Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Southwest Transmission Cooperative (SWT) get access to all of 90% of their substation data typically not available from SCADA and Energy Management Systems (EMS).
Read the Article Remote Access Security Made Easy and Effective Author Ameen Hamdon | Power & Energy | October 2008
Utilities worldwide are bolstering cyber security measures like never before. For some companies, government regulations such as the NERC/FERC CIP policies in the US, are the impetus for change. Utilities in other parts of the world are enhancing their security not out of regulatory obligation but prudent business responsibility. Ameen Hamdon of SUBNET Solutions examines the importance of cyber security.
Read the Article Campus Distribution Makes the Grade Authors David P. McHale & Robert B. Swayne | Transmission & Distribution World | October 2007
The need for a reliable, robust electrical system to meet the vast requirement of a major university is paramount. Read about how the University of California, Santa Barbara updates a legacy distribution system with automation and state-of-the-art network.
Read the Article NERC/CIP Compliance: Headache or Opportunity? Author John Shaw, GarrettCom | Utility Automation & Engineering T&D | July 2007
The cyber security compliance challenge is like that of the Y2K event in enterprise computing nearly a decade ago. FERC and NERC timetables are forcing significant changes in utility networking and computing infrastructure. Utilities can look at cyber security as merely an intrusive requirement, forcing investment in security-specific technologies, or, alternatively, utilities can view this as a forced upgrade to their infrastructure that creates opportunity for much broader improvements and benefits.
Read the Article Dealing with NERC/CIP Standards - A New Ballgame Author Warren B. Causey | Sierra Energy Group | March 2007
Dealing with regulatory reporting is nothing new for utilities. However, the new NERC CIP standards, which have been given the force of law by FERC, have presented a whole new ballgame. Because of Microsoft's ubiquity in utility enterprises, its enabling technologies and architectures are making it easier, and faster, to develop the necessary solutions to deal with these new requirements.
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