1 Future. Ready. SM Case Study Like most utilities, Black River Electric Cooperative is always looking for ways to better manage peak demand. So it’ s no surprise that the South Carolina cooperative was interested in voltage regulation. After all, numerous studies have confirmed that, by operating in the lower half of the 10% voltage band required by ANSI, utilities can see significant energy savings. But before Black River could begin regulating voltage, it had to be sure it could maintain service quality. “The first question that came up was: What impact was that going to have on our customers?” said Charlie Allen, Black River’ s Vice President of Engineering. “My thinking with that was that we were going to have areas of critical low voltage...where we would need to go out

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