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Microgrids and Resiliency

Fully integrated distributed energy solutions to help businesses, asset managers and utility operators control their costs and minimize their environmental impact. Expert engineers design every energy system in-house — from autonomous microgrids to emergency backup power to end-to-end energy efficiency improvements. 


microgrids

Advanced microgrid systems designed to deliver continuous and redundant power generation — even during blackouts and other grid disruptions. Through our partnership with PowerSecure, a part of the Southern Company, NRTC can offer microgrid solutions that integrate seamlessly with the existing electricity network, which autonomously generate and store energy so that you can continue powering your operations. Equally important, they are source-agnostic, allowing you to balance your energy mix for increased redundancy and resiliency. 


generators

An electric utility’s commercial and industrial (C&I) members represent an important part of their load profile. Through PowerSecure, NRTC can help our co-op members provide tangible demand management to these valuable members — leveraging back-up generation to meet back-up power requirements and avoid high-cost power and demand charges. Best of all, it does so by leveraging assets the C&I member already has in place. 

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Suwannee Valley Begins AMI Project

NRTC and Itron representatives gathered last week in the offices of Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Live Oak, FL, to kick off a major advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project. The multi-year deployment will eventually link about 28,500 electric meters, including more than 27,000 rural residences.

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Systematic DER Planning Unlocks Answers to Peak Growth Problems

NRTC speakers led two sessions focused on distributed energy resources (DER) during NRECA’s TechAdvantage conference last week. One session discussed how to take a holistic approach to DER analysis to cover specific problems. The session, led by NRTC’s Josh Pepple and Jacob Bailey (above), focused on NRTC’s recent work with Cuivre River Electric Cooperative in Missouri. In the second session, NRTC’s Milt Geiger joined with representatives from DER partner PowerSecure to look at how microgrids are helping utilities serve certain key accounts.

Dairyland Power Introduces AI as a Service for Rural Electrics

Dairyland Power Cooperative, LaCrosse, WI, announced today that it is making its home-developed VoltWrite private generative AI platform available to other rural electric cooperatives. The company made the announcement during a session at NRECA’s TechAdvantage conference in Atlanta. According to Dairyland representatives, its employees have been using AI to develop new and innovative use cases affecting all parts of its organization since February 2023. The AI-generated VoltWrite mascot pictured reflects the company’s Wisconsin roots.

Co-ops Trying Various Approaches to Address Growing Power Demand

The growth of power demand is one of the major topics at NRECA’s PowerXchange/TechAdvantage conference in Atlanta this week. Many speakers at conference sessions shared how they are planning for the effects of data centers and other contributors to rising demand. There was support for the all-of-the-above approach to generating electricity. Some also plan to face issue with energy efficiency programs.

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