AEP Texas Undertakes Extensive Smart Lighting and Asset Management Project as Part of AMI Contract Extension

AEP Texas is undertaking one of the largest deployments of smart lighting asset management projects in North America, following an agreement with Landis+Gyr to deploy 260,000 Gridstream Connect Street Light Controllers connected to its existing advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network.

The agreement with Landis+Gyr includes a five-year extension of AEP Texas' existing services contract as well as 400,000 electric meters to support system growth and replacement. The utility also will transition all related software to Landis+Gyr's cloud-based SaaS hosting environment during this period.

The asset control project is underway with installation of 20,000 Street Light Controllers anticipated this year and the remaining controllers to be deployed by 2028.

Part of the Gridstream Connect portfolio of intelligent sensors, the Street Light Controller, and related Smart Community Center operating software, help utilities to map and monitor lights as a grid asset. Because the controllers contain metrology functions, they can be used to determine light sizing and energy use, as well as for distribution automation, load management and power quality functions.