Recently, the smart grid communications leader, Trilliant, announced the start of a smart grid deployment with the Victoria Electric Cooperative in Victoria, Texas. The new project consists of Trilliant Communications Platform and Trilliant's multi-tier SecureMesh solution to provide utility services to the Texas town. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2014.

Since 2011, the state of Texas started energy-saving initiatives that utilize smart metering in order to conserve energy. Victoria Electric's smart grid deployment will leverage Trilliant's solutions to improve efficiency, provide interval data for Critical Peak Pricing and Time-of-Use rates, and enhance outage detection, empowering the co-op to improve the efficiency of power and enabling customers to accurately manage their energy consumption.

This project will use the Trilliant Platform, the only purpose-built communications platform that integrates disparate systems of smart grid communications technology into a unified whole. Specifically, the project will leverage the Trilliant's SecureMesh multi-tier architecture, which enables advanced metering, and advanced distribution automation and demand-side management applications, which ultimately delivers benefits to utilities and their customers.

For more information, read the article, “Victoria Electric Cooperative smart grid system to be completed by the end of 2014.”