TWACS Technology
Specification Sheets
Technology Advantages
Effects on Utility Operations
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Enables use of multiple software platforms in time-critical operational scenarios such as outage management and restoration.
Provides positive outage notification and restoration confirmation to save time and money and improve customer satisfaction.
Provides fast access to AMI data through an easy-to-use graphical interface.
Allows utilities to monitor, collect, communicate, and correlate usage data effectively for better outage, energy and resource management.
Delivers a cost effective and flexible way to collect payment in advance of customer usage.
Offers a stand-alone, two-way, addressable disconnect switch with tamper-detection capability, paving the way for pre-pay services.
Provides solution for remotely acquiring billing and other strategic information about commercial customers’ usage patterns.
Communicates with General Electric kV2c and the Elster A3 ALPHA meters using the ANSI C12.19 open protocol to provide accurate and timely metering information.
Provides remote access to all necessary electrical measurements, including total and accurate consumption data, peak demand and hourly interval data.
Integrates data from water and gas meters into a power line carrier fixed network, allowing utilities to collect total consumption data for billing and resource management.
Provides remote two-way access to all C12.19 metering tables including voltage accuracy to 1% and power reliability.
Provides added functionality in all the EMT platforms including up to 7 days of metering history.
Reduces peak-power costs without impacting customer service when energy demand is high.
Two-way solution helps dispatchers make better distribution decisions and reduces costly on-site maintenance.
Simplifies launching, monitoring, and maintaining TWACS systems, saving time, eliminating installation errors, and helping better track metering data.
An expandable home area network that employs a variety of intelligent devices to help customers make smart decisions to conserve energy.
Increases the rate at which meters can be added to and addressed in the TWACS AMI system.
The intelligent interface between the Central TWACS® Net Server (TNS) master station software and remote transponders.
Receives messages, alerts, billing, and account information, keeping customers informed so they can make money- and energy-saving decisions.
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