Challenge:
Communications technologies that power the smart grid
cannot be vulnerable.
Real.
Secure.
Solutions.
Moving information is as important as moving power in the smart grid. GE has made
the securing of private fiber optic, wireless and Ethernet communication networks a
cornerstone strategy to aid in eliminating cyber risks. We're actively involved with the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiatives to standardize and
optimize smart grid security. We work with the world's leading IT security experts to
design systems that resist outside influences, detect tampering and follow strict protocol
to keep information and energy flowing safely. And GE is employing technology and
protocols to help ensure data transmitted across the smart grid remains private.
It's Working:
CenterPoint
®
Energy in Houston, Texas, relies on GE's cyber-security-enabled WiMAX wireless radios, engineering services, and technical support
for its Advanced Metering System communications network that connects meter collection devices to CenterPoint Energy's private network.
This rugged, secure, two-way communications solution uses 128-bit encryption to protect data in transit and an array of authentication tools
to secure data at points throughout the network. GE gets the right data to the right destinations without interception, misdirection or tampering.
t. Solutions.
S E C U R E
Challenge:
Before making an effective business change, you need an effective business case.
Real.
Financial.
Solutions.
A grid isn't really all that smart if it doesn't make financial sense. GE's smart grid
solutions deliver payback in efficiency, reliability, capital-cost reduction and asset
utilization. We also have the financial resources and financing solutions to help
throughout your smart grid deployment. So you have smarter ways to pay
for the solutions that help you:
· Maximize your assets' productive life cycles
· Lower labor costs
· Reduce the need for new equipment
· Even the peaks in demand for power, so you maximize the use of generation
· Solve problems with maintenance instead of repair
It's Working:
Financial benefits of smart grid technology are wide-ranging and significant. Here are a few of the gains smart grid communities can expect:
· Improved maintenance and asset management lengthens asset life and defers capital expenditures
· Efficiency gains result in more of the power generated being consumed by paying customers
· Load leveling reduces the need for new generation while shifting consumption to non-peak times maximizing the profitable capacity
of current assets
· Field Force Automation increases worker productivity, speeds repairs and reduces downtime
delivering
financial
Payback