Efacec ACS was again present at DistribuTECH 2013, which took place in San Diego, CA from January 29-31. DistribuTECH is the North American utility industry’s leading Smart Grid exposition. The conference was attended by more than 8,000 utility industry professionals from 48 countries. We greatly appreciate the many customers and prospects who visited the booth to learn more about our many Smart Grid solutions.

Efacec’s 140 m2 booth included demonstrations of Centrix feeder and distribution automation, PRISM Integrated SCADA/DMS/OMS, and substation automation solutions featuring the CLP 500. Also displayed were other Efacec USA solutions including the IATS load break switch and the QC45/50 EV fast charger.

During the conference, Michael Pesin from Efacec ACS client Seattle City Light presented a paper entitled “Upgrading Legacy RTUs: A Cost-saving Approach to Smart Grid Substations”. The presentation described the utility’s use of Efacec ACS Connex technology to upgrade older RTUs from another vendor, resulting in significant cost savings over total replacement of the units. Efacec ACS has developed upgrades to more than 25 different RTU models from other vendors, and has delivered more than 600 upgrades.

Efacec ACS exhibited at the 2013 EDIST conference, from January 16-18, one of the leading combined energy conferences and exhibitions in Canada.

The EDIST Conference presents new and exciting opportunities to learn about the energy industry, network with key, industry decision makers and meet with the companies that drive innovation within the sector.

During the conference session, Efacec ACS Chief Technology Officer Gary Ockwell presented a paper on the benefits and pitfalls of integrated DMS/OMS, including the integration and maintenance activities that utilities must carefully consider.

https://edist.eda-on.ca/imis15/EDIST/

Efacec ACS participated again in the CONCAPAN conference, held this year in Nicaragua, November 14-16, 2012. CONCAPAN is the major technical convention for Central America and Panama and is hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

It offers attendees the opportunity to take part in a wide range of technical and industrial sessions in areas such as Power Engineering, Electronics, Computer, Industrial Applications, Engineering Management, Education and others.

In the Efacec ACS booth, the solutions being presented include SCADA, DMS and OMS, as well as Feeder Automation systems.