An Energy Control Network for Distribution Automation

The NES System and the Echelon Control Operating System (COS) Software Platform for the Smart Grid
The smart grid is an energy network that provides intelligence about the grid, not just the meter.

Everything  that draws power from or contributes power to the grid is part of the  smart grid. Smart grid solutions must be able to adapt to changing  market and regulatory needs by:

• Replacing today´s meters with smart meters that are really intelligent endpoints,

• Leveraging existing AMR systems and other utility assets where replacing them is not feasible,

• Adding  new smart grid devices like electric vehicle charging stations so  consumers don´t get left behind whether you move to smart meters or not,  

• Using an open apps platform that brings intelligent distributed control to the edge of the grid.

Only  the NES System and COS software platform can do this. The NES System  helps developers quickly create new software-enabled services because  it´s based on the Echelon Control Operating System (COS) software  platform, it´s smart enough to help heal itself, and it´s flexible and  open enough to adapt to new business environments for decades to come  through its open apps framework. COS hardware like the Edge Control Node  (ECN) are transparently integrated into an NES System or can stand on  their own to help utilities manage their distribution automation  network.

Duke Energy selected the NES System for its smart grid project in Ohio. Learn why Duke is working with Echelon to extend the smart grid with intelligent distributed control at the edge.