Thoreau's impact on the smart grid market

Grid divorce, as Berst described, can also be substantiated by looking at reliability issues in major American cities that have taken place following major storms. In fact, he goes so far as to statethat advanced power utilities have become so easy-to-use and generally smaller that more consumers are looking to take advantage of the equipment specifically to protect themselves from an outage.

However, much work will still needsto be done to make these capabilities a more reasonable reality. The process of adjusting infrastructure and all of the management and oversight structures that are in place around it can be extremely complex and arduous. There are tools, though, that will help to ease the transition into smart grid technology, all the while boosting the reliability and efficiency of utility usage from the outset of deployments.

Perle offers a range of cost effective serial-to-Ethernet converters to help meet NERC-CIP compliance for the protection of critical cyberassets in substations. The IOLAN SDS HV/LDC Terminal Server is designed to meet harsh environments associated with Power Substations with attributes such as support for substation AC and DC voltage ranges, extended operating temperatures and meeting emission, immunity and safety approvals associated with substation IT equipment.