gridSMARTSM from AEP Ohio includes customer programs and advanced technology initiatives that will move us toward a new era of energy delivery and customer service.
This multi-year program will provide customers with:
- Greater control of their energy use and bills,
- Increased energy efficiency and conservation opportunities,
- Enhanced service reliability and quality, and
- Greater environmental responsibility.
- Customer programs
- Energy efficiency programs for reduced energy use and bills
- Demand response programs to help manage when and how you use energy for greater control of energy costs and bills
- Distribution grid management (smart or intelligent grid)
- Advanced technologies to improve service reliability and response to outage situations
- Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) such as smart meters to convey near real-time energy use and load information to/from the customer and the utility
- Customer-established home area networks (HANs) to facilitate the ability to make and implement energy use decisions based on current demand and pricing information from the utility
- Integrated distributed energy resources (DER)
- Energy producing or storing devices located throughout the distribution system
- Respond quickly to local needs and conditions for greater service reliability
- Assist in shifting demand to improve load
- AEP internal operating efficiencies
- Continued focus on maximizing efficiency of energy production and delivery systems and processes to manage costs
