The impact of an outage extends far beyond the grid
Every outage affects the people and communities that depend on reliable power. See how our electrical distribution solutions reduce unnecessary outages, limit their impact, and restore service faster.
Prevent Outages. Limit Their Impact.
Stop temporary faults from becoming sustained outages.
Many faults don’t need to become sustained outages. Advanced protection responds differently to temporary and permanent faults, helping prevent unnecessary outages and reducing customer interruptions.
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Keep more of the grid energized.
When a fault occurs, intelligent protection and automation isolate the affected section and, where possible, reroute power. The result: fewer customers affected, shorter interruptions, and more of the distribution system remaining in service.
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Reliable power keeps critical operations running
For critical and large power operations, such as hospitals, manufacturers, campuses, data centers, and other essential services, even a brief interruption can have significant consequences. S&C applies utility-proven power distribution expertise to improve reliability, support 24x7 uptime, and strengthen operational continuity.
Solutions for more reliable power
Protect the Grid Edge
Prevent temporary faults from becoming sustained outages.
Explore Grid-Edge ProtectionAutomate Fault Response
Isolate faults and reroute power automatically to keep more customers connected.
Explore Feeder Fault ResponseExtend Distribution Intelligence
Bring intelligent protection and control to more points across the distribution system.
Explore Distributed IntelligenceStrengthen Critical Power
Improve reliability for operations where uninterrupted power is essential.
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Examples of S&C solutions helping to keep the lights on:
A Comprehensive Commitment Challenges Power Reliability’s Status Quo
Read Full Case StudyS&C Self-Healing Technology Saves ENMAX More Than 30 Million Customer Minutes
Read Full Case StudyMunicipal Utility’s Grid Improves by 50% With Self-Healing Technology
Read full case studyCanada’s First Utility-Scale Energy Storage System Islands Remote Town During Outages
Read full case studyUniversity Implements Smart Grid System to Minimize Power Outages
Read Full Case StudyS&C Builds Ameren a Microgrid to Study Distribution Use Cases
Read Full Case StudyS&C’s Asset Management Helps Water Utility Prevent Costly Outages
Read Full Case StudySee our products in action and how they improve reliability.
- Grid Reliability and Its Impact on Customer Satisfaction
- Reevaluating CAIDI’s Relevance: Does it Measure Up to Modern Reliability Expectations?
- Backup Power: A Forgotten Cost of Resilience?
- A Smart Grid is a Strong Grid
- The Increasingly Persistent Problem of Momentary Outages
- At Last, the Secret to Radial Outages
- ‘DA Islanding’: Dedicated Communications for Faster Self-Healing Outage Repair
- Is Australia’s Focus on Cost Dismissing Today’s Reliability Demands?
- The Art (and Difficulty) of Monetizing Resilience
- Radio Systems for a Future Grid: Fast, Clear, and a Quick Response
- Some Power Utility Considerations Post-Maria for Puerto Rico
- If Reliability is the Absence of an Outage, Then What’s an Outage?
- From Supplying Current to Supplying Voltage, a Look at the Future Grid
- Two-Way Power Flow Isn’t ‘Coming’—It’s Already Been Affecting the Grid for Years
- 4 Ways to Manage the Changing Grid
- Customers Turn to Social Media to Vent on Momentary Outages: How Should Utilities React?
- My Experience with Hurricane Irma (and PulseClosing® Technology)
- A Growing Utility Dilemma: Momentary Power Outages
- 3 Best Practices for Telling the Smart Grid Story
- Building Unintentional Microgrids on Purpose
- Benefits of Increasing Grid Resilience to Weather Outages
- Service Reliability Estimates for U.S. Electric Utility Customers
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Electric Reliability Improvement Projects
- U.S. Department of Energy ICE Calculator
- Reliability Impacts Performance
- Moving Beyond Average Reliability Metrics