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Utility Company Saves $1M With Wireless Communications

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Technology Category	Sensors - Environmental Sensors
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Outdoor Environmental Monitoring
Challenge	PacifiCorp needed to monitor a 10-mile stretch of canal near the North Umpqua River 24/7 to prevent environmental damage. A reliable solar powered communications device with a small enough footprint to fit inside protective cabinets needed to be managed remotely when engineers are not available to make adjustments to the device directly. Read More
About Customer	PacifiCorp is one of the West's leading utilities, serving approximately 1.7 million customers in six states, covering 136,000 square miles. Read More
Customer Name	PacifiCorp Read More
Solution	The Viper, a robust communication link with a ruggedized case, is able to withstand Oregon’s weather conditions and is small enough to fit inside the compact, stainless steel cabinets that reside along the canal. Additionally, the Viper can be accessed and managed remotely by engineering teams at headquarters in Portland. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Asset Status Tracking, Labor Costs, Man Hours, Reportable Environmental Incidents, Uptime Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Environmental Sensors

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Outdoor Environmental Monitoring

Challenge

PacifiCorp needed to monitor a 10-mile stretch of canal near the North Umpqua River 24/7 to prevent environmental damage. A reliable solar powered communications device with a small enough footprint to fit inside protective cabinets needed to be managed remotely when engineers are not available to make adjustments to the device directly.

About Customer

PacifiCorp is one of the West's leading utilities, serving approximately 1.7 million customers in six states, covering 136,000 square miles.

Customer Name

PacifiCorp

Solution

The Viper, a robust communication link with a ruggedized case, is able to withstand Oregon’s weather conditions and is small enough to fit inside the compact, stainless steel cabinets that reside along the canal. Additionally, the Viper can be accessed and managed remotely by engineering teams at headquarters in Portland.

Data Collected

Asset Status Tracking, Labor Costs, Man Hours, Reportable Environmental Incidents, Uptime

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance] Real-time status reports enable maintenance personnel to remotely diagnose the status of a canal.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Production Uptime] Real-time visibility, monitoring, and control of equipment 200 miles away improves asset uptime while minimizing labor costs.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Maintenance]
Real-time status reports enable maintenance personnel to remotely diagnose the status of a canal.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Production Uptime]
Real-time visibility, monitoring, and control of equipment 200 miles away improves asset uptime while minimizing labor costs.

Benefit #1	Instead of spending $1M to build a fiber cable to transfer data, the Viper solution cost PacifiCorp $200,000.

Benefit #1

Instead of spending $1M to build a fiber cable to transfer data, the Viper solution cost PacifiCorp $200,000.

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Utility Company Saves $1M With Wireless Communications

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