ABOUT US

Trilliant is a Smart Grid communications company. We supply utilities with wireless mesh equipment to enable two-way communication networks throughout the electric grid. However, unlike typical Smart Grid vendors, we provide solutions much broader than simply reading electric meters. At Trilliant, we focus on providing electric utilities with end-to-end communications networks that span from the head-end operations center to all devices on the grid – not only meters and in-home energy management devices but also substations and grid devices such as transformers and capacitor banks. Our solutions help utilities deploy Smart Grid networks throughout their entire territory to improve energy efficiency, integrate renewable resources, and optimize grid operations.

Trilliant has been servicing electric utilities since 1985. Today, we have over 200 utility customers and have helped implement some of the most advanced Smart Grid networks, including the largest North American deployment that we’re helping Hydro One build in Ontario. Today, they have over one million Smart Meters deployed across 350,000 square miles to enable demand-side management applications like time-of-use pricing and critical peak pricing to provide customers with energy efficiency programs.

One significant benefit of working with leading electric utilities like Hydro One is getting insight into their long-term goals. Smart Grid architects envision an “Energy Internet” that not only connects home devices like thermostats, appliances, solar panels, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) but also connects all other devices on the grid, including distributed power generation, distribution substations, and a variety of other grid assets. This Energy Internet requires considerably higher capacity, lower latency, and broader coverage than the standard advance metering infrastructure (AMI) networks being deployed today.

In May 2009, as part of our strategy to fulfill the vision of the Energy Internet, Trilliant acquired SkyPilot Networks, a manufacturer of long-range, high-capacity wireless mesh networks. The acquisition brings together two complementary technologies, each designed to meet specific Smart Grid requirements, into a new multi-tier network:

• The Wide-Area Network (WAN) provides long-range backhaul of AMI networks as well as multi-megabit broadband capacity and millisecond latency to mission-critical grid assets.
• The Neighborhood-Area Network (NAN) provides connectivity between smart meters and in-home demand management devices.
• Enterprise network management software to monitor and manage the entire Smart Grid network.

With this multi-tier network, Trilliant provides a solution unlike anything else in the industry: a secure, private, and cost-effective broadband communications network that is based on opens standards and is capable of providing 100% coverage across the entire utility service territory.

Trilliant actively partners with other industry-leading companies to integrate best-in-class technologies and services. Our partners include large systems integrators such as Accenture, CapGemini, and IBM, distribution automation vendors such as ABB, Cooper, and Telvent, meter manufacturers such as GE, Itron, Landis+Gyr, and Elster, and a variety of in-home device manufacturers.