CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of power delivery, announced it has helped utility customers avoid more than 1.2 billion customer outage minutes in 2016. The number demonstrates the progress S&C's innovative reliability solutions have made to reduce the duration and frequency of power outages for utility customers around the world.
"For every minute an outage was avoided, it meant that there was a home, business, or critical piece of community infrastructure that was able to keep functioning without disruption," said Mike Edmonds, president – US Business, S&C Electric Company. "It's just another example of how we are continuing to set a high standard for our customers when it comes to grid reliability and keeping the lights on around the world."
The annual outage minutes S&C helped avoid was made possible by myriad of innovations introduced to the grid over the last century. S&C will display their newest reliability innovations at the DistribuTECH 2017 Conference & Exhibition. This includes:
DistribuTECH 2017 is being held at the San Diego Convention Center from January 31 – February 2. S&C Electric Company can be located at booth #2430.
About S&C Electric Company
S&C, with global headquarters in Chicago, USA, is applying its heritage of innovation to address challenges facing the world's power grids and is thus shaping the future of reliable electricity delivery. The mission of employee-owned S&C is to continually develop new solutions for electricity delivery, fostering the improved efficiency and reliability required for the intelligent grid. Additional information about S&C is available at www.sandc.com.
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