GridUnity introduced that Entergy Providers has chosen the corporate’s cloud-based Interconnection Lifecycle Administration software program product to streamline the interconnection course of for distributed power sources. Entergy delivers electrical energy to roughly 3 million clients by way of 5 working firms in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
GridUnity’s platform was chosen to simplify and speed up the method of including distributed power sources together with solar energy and power storage to the grid. The GridUnity platform gives the pliability and scalability to handle the total lifecycle of the interconnection course of and can allow standardized automation throughout all jurisdictions leading to a constant expertise for Entergy’s 5 utilities and their respective clients.
With the GridUnity instrument, candidates obtain fast, automated suggestions if an entry is incomplete, making certain all submitted purposes meet established requirements. Entergy workers will now be capable of assessment and reply to submitted purposes in much less time than was beforehand required, offering steerage all through the remainder of the interconnection course of. Use of the GridUnity instrument will create a extra clear and near-real-time interconnection queue, liberating Entergy’s engineers and different workers concerned with the interconnection course of to spend extra of their time addressing the higher-value wants of shoppers.
“Over the previous 5 years, by way of our work with quite a few utilities, we’ve been in a position to hone our platform to carry out notably higher than legacy instruments and processes,” mentioned Brian Fitzsimons, CEO of GridUnity. “Our aim is to assist transfer the business ahead by way of know-how innovation that enables for elevated penetration of distributed power sources. The power to streamline interconnection processes is among the keys that unlocks entry to the way forward for power.”
Reworking the expertise for interconnection candidates, the GridUnity platform brings elevated efficiencies to Entergy’s processes. Accessing up-to-the-minute info helps guarantee clients and different stakeholders keep updated on their interconnection standing whereas Entergy workers can course of interconnection requests extra rapidly. The adoption of a single constant format for submission of information and supporting documentation additionally creates a predictable and repeatable expertise for customers.
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