| | July 20209and aging infrastructure. The company allows utilities to identify and locate outage-causing faults and monitor load to respond quickly at the time of circuit overload or blackouts caused by aging infrastructure, improving reliability to save time and effort. Utilizing Aclara's SIS, utilities can conserve energy by managing voltage levels on feeders, reduce loads, and enhance consumer engagement through energy conservation programs.Utilities that provide gas, water, and electricity together serve their customers more economically by building integrated service and response systems, creating operational efficiencies. However, they have to maintain an integrated, smart, and responsive communication network to collect data from different dist service systems. Aclara's solutions offer these utilities a unified approach to monitor and manage diverse distribution networks providing one software that eliminates issues with multiple head ends and diverse software platforms.Integrated solutions for unique requirementsAclara delivers an array of products and services such as smart meters, sensors and controls, advanced metering infrastructure, communication network, and software that enable utilities to predict and respond to conditions, leverage their distribution networks productively, and engage with their customers.Aclara's wide range of smart energy meter products fulfills basic and comprehensive requirements with multiple communication technologies, bringing accuracy and clarity into power usage across an electric utility's distribution network. Combining the hardware, software, and service solutions, the company boosts the electric, gas, and water communications network such as power line, radio frequency, and cellular, building a solid backbone for SIS.Aclara deploys and upgrades the AMI or metering network using a cost-effective and latest meter and sensor technology, communications network, and analytics software. To manage every phase of AMI deployment, Aclara's smart grid solutions (SGS) field team integrates ProField enterprise planning, workforce, and asset management software. Aclara's ProField suite of applications offers end-to-end visibility and control of metering and AMI initiatives by efficiently executing affordable smart grid initiatives in real-time. ProField creates a strong ERP application for meter deployments by automatically collecting project data across all data modules and enables tracking of the entire installation process from inventory management to safety management. It customizes the workflow to meet the utility's requirements and eliminates errors by documenting the whole AMI deployment process to increase productivity, and reduces costs.Redefining the FutureAllan Connolly, Group President of Hubbell Power Systems Inc., established Aclara as a stand-alone, privately-held company with strong financials and executing a strategic plan while serving as President of Aclara, leading to the acquisition by Hubbell Incorporated in February 2018. "Working under Hubbell Power Systems, Aclara's radio frequencylaboratories' (RFL) product line won Utilities Technology Council's 2019 UTC IMPACT award for multi-service access & transport (MSAT) platform in hardware category, " says Connolly.He further added that Aclara partners with game-changing utilities and industryleaders that are taking a different approach to solve common problems, exploring new ways to deliver energy and natural resources. "We look at these challenges from all sides and not just one-way solutions. We design, integrate, deploy and support the smart combination of communication networks and tools, smart meters, sensors, software and applications to fulfill unique customers' requirements," adds Connolly. Leveraging 45 years of experience and developing an array of SIS technologies, Aclara expertise in deploying and collaborating the right solutions and technology to manage distribution systems for electric, water, and gas networks.From R&D to field support teams, people in Aclara continuously focus on innovating new solutions to meet future challenges by making the power grid smarter, delivering clear water, and encouraging consumers to conserve energy. Assisting customers at every step from planning to making decisions to implementation, the company supports and delivers insights and technologies to drive the future infrastructures and create new services and values. Navigating the road ahead, Aclara is offering solutions for visibility across their network, to fast-track deployment. The company wants to continue being a strategic partner for utilities, helping them make smart and timely decisions that fit their needs. From managing or upgrading aging infrastructures, deploying new smart and distributed energy programs, or gaining real-time situational awareness of networkthat can reset consumers' expectations, Aclara supports customers in their entire journey. "The versatility of Aclara's SIS allows utilities to move beyond legacy systems with a more real-time, model-based approach to provide greater network visibility, manageability and actionable information for utilities and their customers," concludes Connolly. Allan Connolly,
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