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Tantalus Deploys Data Analytics to Public Power and Electric Cooperative Utilities
Analytics solution adopted by utilities to improve system reliability Burnaby, British Columb...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tantalus Deploys Data Analytics to Public Power and Electric Cooperative UtilitiesAnalytics solution adopted by utilities to improve system reliabilityBurnaby, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 2, 2021) - Smart grid technology leader Tantalus Systems (TSX: GRID) announced today that six members of its growing user community have subscribed to the TUNet® Grid Reliability Analytics (TGRA) solution in the first month since commercially launching these capabilities in September of this year. TGRA is a data analytics tool that leverages power quality data accessed through Tantalus' advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) to help utilities identify failing assets deployed throughout an electric distribution grid that can lead to power outages or catastrophic fires. The analytics solution detects anomalies in power quality data, such as loss of voltage at the premise, blink count, aggregate blink count, maximum voltage, minimum voltage, current readings and power factor, from the edge of a utility's distribution grid. By accessing and analyzing such data from residences, commercial buildings and other end customers, TGRA enables utilities to identify symptoms of failing transformers, corroded meter sockets and splices, cracked insulators and other latent equipment problems that can lead to premature failure of critical assets that are required to reliably deliver power to homes and businesses. The ability to track the performance of the distribution grid enables these utilities to proactively manage system assets, prioritize upgrades and investments into the grid, allocate resources, reduce costs, mitigate fire risks and avoid outages resulting in an improvement to overall system performance.\"After relying on Tantalus' AMI system for several years, we decided to work with their team to determine how our utility could more proactively manage our distribution grid based on the granular data we capture. Tantalus' new analytics solution helps us quickly pinpoint power quality issues that are developing across our distribution grid that would otherwise not be visible to our operations team until becoming much more problematic,\" remarked Sarah Clark, AMI Coordinator at Estes Park Power and Communications. \"By leveraging our AMI data through this new analytics tool, Tantalus is helping our utility identify areas of vulnerabi...