Schneider Electric has strengthened its collaboration with CPS Energy. Together, Schneider Electric and CPS Energy are developing a distribution automation strategy that will improve system reliability, allowing CPS Energy to deliver consistent power quality and support greater energy efficiency. CPS Energy serves a fast-growing territory with many large, high-profile commercial and industrial users.

Coordinating any distribution system changes with these demanding customers is challenging. Additionally, the CPS Energy system has different distribution voltages, varying types of equipment and is completing an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployment. Integrating a distribution automation strategy in this diverse operational environment presents further challenges to CPS Energy and Schneider Electric.

Across the country, aging infrastructure, a rapidly retiring utility workforce, significant increases in energy usage and a rise in distributed energy resources (DER) have altered the market landscape, forcing utilities to evolve to address these new challenges. Schneider Electric's Utility Consulting Services provides counsel on utility strategy and planning, financial analysis and regulatory issues, as well as technical roadmaps and evaluations across the utility space.