Central Hudson: Utility builds communications foundation to deploy multiple utility applications, scale for future needs
Central Hudson: Utility builds communications foundation to deploy multiple utility applications, scale for future needs
2 Pages— SUCCESS STORY Central Hudson Utility builds communications foundation to deploy multiple utility applications, scale for future needs • Project location: 2,600+ square miles in New York’s Mid-Hudson River Valley • Applications: Distribution automation (DA) and distribution management system (DMS) • Project scope: 300,000 electric and 79,000 natural gas customers, 900 DA devices territory-wide Customer needs Central Hudson desired a rugged wireless network that could fully cover its large service territory while supporting multiple applications. Meeting or ex- ceeding reliability targets and mitigating outages was a priority for the utility, as was securing voltage stability in the face of increasing implementation of distributed generation, EVs, and battery storage. The ma
