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Mike Beehler
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White paper: Defining the Smart Grid for Electric UtilitiesWhite paper: Defining the Smart Grid for Electric Utilities

White paper: A Deployment Strategy for the Smart GridWhite paper: A Deployment Strategy for the Smart Grid

White paper: Managing the Total Cost of the Smart GridWhite paper: Managing the Total Cost of the Smart Grid

White paper: Smart Grid NetworkingWhite paper: Smart Grid Networking

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How will you respond to the convergence of information and operational technology?

The Smart Grid is your foundation. Delivering electricity through an intelligent, largely automated infrastructure will bring unprecedented efficiency. By offering greater capability to monitor, operate and even heal itself, the Smart Grid will radically transform an age-old infrastructure to meet the demands of the next generation of energy consumers.


What is Smart Grid?

The Smart Grid is the convergence of information and operational technology applied to the electric grid allowing sustainable options to customers and improved security, reliability and efficiency to utilities.


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To learn more about how the Smart Grid works, click on the numbers in the infographic above or scroll through the 12 Smart Grid elements by clicking on the bottom right arrow.

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Your Smart Grid Partner

A Smart Grid deployment requires a robust business case where organizational stakeholders and decision makers have discussed and agreed on the expected benefits and estimated costs for a Smart Grid implementation plan. An accurately developed Smart Grid deployment plan can allow a utility to transition to new technologies smoothly and cost-effectively without applying a “forklift” approach.

Your electric infrastructure should be modernized not by randomly implementing an assortment of new technologies and calling it “modern,” but through investigative research with your organization to understand your near- and long-term requirements, justifying your investment and helping your visionary goals. Establishing an accurate vision to support your requirement is the single, most critical step towards successfully building your Smart Grid infrastructure. Burns & McDonnell’s multidisciplined expertise can successfully guide you on your path to the Smart Grid.


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