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Characteristics of the Smart Grid
The Smart Grid is “a power system that serves millions of customers and has an
intelligent communications infrastructure enabling the timely, secure and adaptable
information flow needed to provide power to the evolving digital economy”.
Defined by EPRI

Self-healing Predictive
The ability to identify power grid problems in real-time, and safely respond by Wide area system measurement and analysis of anomalies that affect power
self-correcting in order to reduce interruptions and increase system reliability. quality in order to prevent emergencies from occuring or escalating.

Interactive Distributed
Enabling consumers & utilities with the ability to use electricity more Ensuring the viability of decentralized power generation, such as solar panels,
economically and efficiently in responce to changing market conditions . wind turbines, and biomass generators, to be accommodated by the grid.

Optimized Secure
Combining connectivity, intelligence, and control to ensure the best use of Technology to increase physical and cyber security that not only deters
power production and energy storage resources. man-made threats and anticipates natural hazards, but also responds to and
isolates problematic situations.

Integrated
2-way communications infrastructure between intelligent devices to allow
system data to be transformed into valuable information that is actionable
and clearly visualized.

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GE Smart Grid Offerings
Advancing today’s electrical grid for tomorrow’s needs.
GE is anticipating the energy challenges of tomorrow by providing Smart Grid products and services today. From generation to transmission and end use, GE products optimize
the efficiency, reliability, and security of the electrical grid. We have the vision, experience, and resources needed to realize the Smart Grid quickly and cost-effectively. Our
Global Research Center is helping to keep GE at the forefront of Smart Grid innovation by actively developing advanced technologies. Combined with our innate understanding
of power generation, distribution and utilization at every level, GE is uniquely positioned to be leaders in the continuing transition to a smarter grid.

Clean Energy Generation Transmission & Distribution Efficient End Use

Wind turbines Grid diagnostics & visualization Energy efficient smart appliances
Solar panels Reliability & demand forecasting Smart Meters
Clean coal gasification Power system protection & fault detection Wireless Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI)
Gas engines Power restoration Demand response capabilities
Hydroelectric power Network control systems Home energy use monitoring
Generation monitoring & optimization Wireless monitoring & control Time-of-use pricing technology
Generator protection & control Fiber optic communications Backup power management and control
Renewable power grid interconnection Substation digitization Energy Management Systems (EMS)
Transformers & voltage management
Energy storage systems (Batteries)
Distribution Management Systems (DMS)
Outage Management Systems (OMS)
Evolving the Electrical Grid

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Digital Energy
We protect and connect the world’s critical equipment to ensure safe, reliable power
We provide key smart grid products and services for the entire power system from the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, to the industrial, commercial, and
residential power consumers. As pioneers of the electrical grid, GE has spent the last 100 years ensuring power system reliability. For the last 25 years, GE Digital Energy has
provided the technology to improve the resiliency and responsiveness of the grid, enabling greater safety, connectivity and increased security.

Protection & Control Communications Power Quality Power Sensing

Multilin MDS, Lentronics Zenith ITI
Generator Protection Advanced Metering Infrastructure Uninterruptable Power Supplies Current Transformers
Transmission Protection Distributed Generation Trip Control Automatic Transfer Switching Voltage Transformers
Distribution Protection Wireless Data Acquisition Paralleling Switchgear Power Transformers
IEC 61850 Process Bus Wireless LAN Extension Transient Voltage Surge Suppression Control & Test Switches
Energy Management & Metering Wireless Backhaul
Recloser Control Fiber Optic Pilot Schemes
Load Management Wide Area Communications
Microgrid Control
Synchrophasors
Building Blocks of the Smart Grid

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Smart Controls are the brains behind the
Smart Generation
Digital Energy provides smart grid solutions beginning at the electrical energy generation
sites. From protecting and controlling small to large utility generators, to ensuring safe
interconnection of wind and solar generation, and facilitating seamless transfer to backup
power systems, Digital Energy provides solutions that increase power grid reliability.
Smart Transmission
Our solutions increase reliability and optimization allowing utilities to monitor synchrophasor
information, providing demand response initiatives to manage the overall power system.
Digital Energy enables remedial action schemes, wide area protection, and fault and
disturbance analysis tools which increase utility system reliability and customer service.

Generation Protection Wide Area Protection Transmission Protection

G60 T60
N60 L90 D90Plus

• Advanced generator protection • Detailed streaming of
synchrophasor data as per IEEE
• Synchronization, Control, and Load C37.118
Shedding through advanced automation
• Load shedding, remedial action,
and monitoring of power
system networks
• Providing secure high speed sub-cycle
distance protection
• Advanced security with NERC/CIP and detailed
Security Audit Trail
• Complete data acquisition providing detailed
power system analysis

IEC 61850 Process Bus

HardFiber

• Advanced IEC 61850 process bus solution

• Advanced NERC/CIP security
• Reduce P&C labor costs up to 50%
Smart Grid of tomorrow
Smart Distribution
Digital Energy enables the efficient recovery of distribution system networks via fault
isolation, sectionalization and power system restoration schemes. Digital Energy improves
safety through the detection of fallen power lines and damaged underground cables with
the use of Downed Conductor (Hi-Z) Detection and Incipient Cable Fault Detection.
Smart Power Consumers
Digital Energy provides solutions for Industrial, Commercial and Microgrid applications
featuring communications that enable efficient control of the electrical protection system.
Digital Energy enables demand side management in order to maximize overall plant
efficiency, and delivers in-depth system analysis via Asset Monitoring .

Microgrid Control

U90Plus

• Anti-Islanding
• Management of
energy storage

Distribution Protection Commercial Load Management

745 PMCS UPS

F60

• Advanced power management (PMCS)

• Downed conductor detection and
isolation using Hi-Z • Energy consumption & billing reports
• Advanced fault and disturbance • Back-up power management and
recording control
• Automation providing custom
protection and control solutions
Industrial Plant Automation
Reclosing
C90Plus MM300
URC
• Maximize process uptime
• Fault isolation and restoration
• Detailed system diagnostic information
• Improve grid reliability
• Multitude of communication protocols
• Multiple communications support
Rugged and reliable communications are
Industrial Strength Communications
Digital Energy delivers the foundation of Smart Grid communications with multi-service,
fiber optic Lentronics multiplexers, flexible MDS wireless devices that create reliable, long
distance wireless networks, and rugged MultiLink Ethernet products.
Rugged Wireless
Digital Energy’s MDS wireless networks carry serial and IP/Ethernet traffic, plus analog and
digital I/O signals, accommodating an extensive array of protocols. These wireless devices
are packaged, rated and tested for use in harsh industrial environments.

Control Center Hydro-Electric Transmission Substation

Generation

SONET/SDH Network
• Enable outage detection
and grid reconfiguration
• Teleprotection utilizing
SONET/SDH Network Transfer Trip, Pilot Wire,
IEEE C37.94
• Enable grid visualization
and predictive analysis
• SCADA including Voice,
Data, CCTV, IP/Ethernet

SONET/SDH Network

Transmission Substation Fiber Optic | High speed, high capacity

Ethernet Wireless • Dedicated bandwidth for each
application ensures performance
Wind Generation • Fault data analysis • Microwave Network
(SONET and Ethernet) • Supports SCADA, Teleprotection,
• Synchrophasor Corporate Voice, LAN/WAN, Full Motion
monitor • Remote relay control Security Video, AMI Backhaul

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the backbone of the Smart Grid
High Speed Fiber Optics Hardened Ethernet
For both short and long range applications over fiber optics and other media, Digital Substation hardened, managed Ethernet switches from Digital Energy provide secure,
Energy’s Lentronics multiplexer solutions permit consolidation of all telecommunications reliable networking with very fast reconfiguration times to support communications for
requirements into a single high speed network. critical infrastructure devices.

Distribution Substation
Wireless Fast Transfer Trip
• Safe connection of distributed
generation to the grid
• Transmit transfer trip and receive status

Wireless Network
Wireless Backhaul

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

• Enabling consumers to monitor
and manage electrical usage
• Long distance, private WiMAX
network at 3.65GHz

Distribution Automation
Wireless | High speed, high capacity Distribution Substation
• Network enabling assets to
• Low-cost flexible deployment for a Ethernet Wireless improve grid reliability
wide range of geographies
• Protection/Control • Meter and distributed • Wireless communications for
• Licensed and Unlicensed, Point- LAN separation generation data Reclosers, Switches, Capacitor
to-Point Microwave and Point-to- Banks, Voltage Regulators, and
Multipoint WAN Extensions • SCADA • Video surveillance Transformers

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Digital Energy Smart Grid Offerings
With over a century of experience advancing power system technologies, GE is the industry
leader, implementing real Smart Grid solutions today.
Digital Energy has been at the forefront in pioneering key principle advancements in the GE Digital Energy solutions enable self-healing power systems that predict and react
power system protection, control, and communications industry. Digital Energy is a leader to disturbances, while optimizing power generation and loads. We also enable asset
in providing smart technology; from the introduction the first digital relay (P4A) in 1982, to visualization, power system reconfiguration, and wireless Advanced Metering Infrastructure.
the first protection relay that incorporated Ethernet communications, to the first application Our devices deliver safety, alongside Cyber security and private networks.
using digital communications to enable IEC 61850 Process Bus.

Generation Transmission Distribution Power Consumers

The Smart Grid relies on advanced protection and We provide utilities with protection and control Reliable and secure power distribution From large industry to the home, power
control combined with intelligent communications tools to ensure reliable power transmission requires intelligent protection and control consumers demand advanced control and
to ensure a reliable supply of power. through a self-healing and intelligent grid. alongside advanced communications. complete reliability from utility providers.

• Generator Protection & Control • HV Line Protection & Control • Transformer Protection & Control • Feeder, Transformer & Motor Protection
• Distributed Generation Management • Wide Area Communications • Feeder Protection & Control • Emergency Backup Power
• Microgrid Control • Reliability Optimization • Power Distribution Safety • Wireless AMI
• Optimized Generation • Grid Visualization • Distribution Automation • Plant Load Shedding & Peak Demand Management
• Grid Interconnect • Digitizing Primary Equipment • Fault Diagnostics & Analytics • Energy Management Systems
• Asset Monitoring
• Sub Metering and Cost Allocation

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Smart Generation
The Smart Grid relies on advanced protection
and control combined with intelligent
communications to ensure a reliable supply
of power.

Digital Energy products work to increase power grid reliability by protecting small,
medium, or large utility generators, ensuring the safe interconnection of wind and
solar generators, and facilitating the seamless transfer to backup power.

Asset Protection & Control Distributed Generation

• Generator Protection • Wireless Trip Control for DG
G60, G30, 489 DGT Wireless Transfer Trip
• Generator Protection Panels • Advanced Load Shedding & Restoration
GPP C90Plus

• Plant System Optimization • Backup Power & Fast Transfer

PMCS, C90Plus UPS, ATS, TVSS, PSG

Microgrid Control
• Optimized Generation & Grid Interconnect
F60, C30

• Load Management / Load Shedding

C90Plus, F35

• Wireless LAN Extension

Mercury, iNET-II, entraNET
Example: Microgrid Control
Many remote communities need to produce and
manage all of the power required to support their
loads. Providing the means to monitor the load
of the entire system and optimize and dispatch
the different types of generation available to meet
load requirements is needed to reduce the overall
electricity operating costs. The GE Microgrid Control
System uses power generation information to
select the most cost effective method of providing
uninterrupted supply, while also providing the
ability to control and optimize generation, storage
and delivery of clean, green power.

Example: Distributed Generation Interconnect

Connecting Distributed Generation (DG) to the
1 Fault Occurs
grid is required to meet the growing demand for
power, while reducing carbon emissions produced 2 Fault detected
by traditional coal generating stations. GE Digital
Energy’s DGT enables the safe connection of 3 DGT-U Transfers Trip Signal
Distributed Generation to the grid. Our fast, 2-way
wireless network sends emergency disconnect 4 DGT-D Receives Trip Signal
signals from the utility to distributed generation
5 Breaker Trips at DG Site
sites. Trip confirmation status is returned back to
the utility control center. This wireless infrastructure 6 Status Sent to Substation
reduces communications costs while ensuring safe
interconnection to the grid. 7 Status Received at Substation

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Smart Transmission
We provide utility customers worldwide with
the protection and control tools they need to
ensure reliable power transmission through a
self-healing and intelligent grid.

Digital Energy products provide utilities with grid protection, long distance & high-speed
communications through wireless and fiber optic networks, and the ability to self-heal the
grid through remedial action schemes.

Asset Protection & Control Reliability Optimization

• Transmission Line Protection • Remedial Action Schemes
L90, L60, L30, D90Plus, D60 N60
• Transformer Protection • Wide Area Communications
T60, T35, SR745 JungleMUX Multiplexers

Grid Visualization Digitizing Primary Equipment

• Synchrophasor Measurement • Breakers & Disconnect Switch Protection
D90Plus, D60, L90, N60 HardFiber, C60, C90Plus

• Wireless LAN Extension • Transformer Protection

Mercury, iNET-II, entraNET HardFiber, T60

• Fiber Optic Communications

JungleMUX Multiplexers
Example: Wide Area Protection
Smart transmission networks require a self-healing grid
that identifies blackouts in the network and automatically
re-routs power to restore blacked out areas. GE Digital
Energy’s solution detects outages and automatically
reconfigures the network in real-time. GE’s JungleMux
multiplexers create the communications backbone with a
secure high-speed network. Over this network GE’s Multilin
N60’s share real-time information and intelligently shed load,
or identify if additional generation is available elsewhere in
the system and re-rout this available power to the blacked
out areas.

Example:
Digitizing Primary Equipment
The HardFiber Process Bus System represents a true
breakthrough in the installation and ownership of protection
and control systems, by reducing the overall labor required
for substation design, construction, and testing. This solution
eliminates miles of expensive copper wires and thousands With GE HardFiber
• Eliminate 33% of breaker • Reduce copper cabling • Eliminate 90% of control • Power system protection
of individual terminations by using fiber optic cables. This terminations needed by 40% building terminations behaves as today
reduces the labor required to upgrade or construct power • Easy replacement of Bricks • Pre-terminated fiber cables • Fewer high energy signals • Built on established Universal
reduces maintenance ensure high quality improve employee safety Relay platform
substations by up to 50%.
Traditional Substation
• Low density copper needs • Outdoor cables carry copper • Thousands of hand wired • Thousands of connections to
1000’s of terminations wires to control building terminations into a rack protection and control devices
• Manual installation by highly • Miles of copper wire in a • Labor-intensive using • Manual wiring prone to errors
skilled workers typical switchyard specialized workers and extended testing

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Smart Distribution
Ensuring power is distributed reliably and
securely requires intelligent protection and
control alongside advanced communications.

Digital Energy products improve safety by detecting fallen power lines or damaged
underground cables, enable advanced monitoring and control through wireless
communications, and protect critical assets to ensure reliability and uptime.

Asset Protection Fault Diagnostics & Analytics

• Transformer Protection • Fault Diagnostics
T60, T35, SR745 F60, F35, F650, SR750, SR735

• Distribution Feeder Protection • Power Quality Analytics

F35, F650, SR350 PQM II, EMP9000

Distribution Automation Power Distribution Safety

• Wireless Data Acquisition • Fault Isolation and System Re-Configuration
SD4, SD9, NETio URC, F60, F650, iNET-II

• Wireless LAN Extension • Downed Conductor Detection

Mercury, iNET-II, entraNET F60

• Fault Isolation & Sectionalization • Arc Flash Mitigation

F60, F35, SR350 F60, F35, F650, SR750, SR350

• Power Restoration & Reclosers • Underground Cable Fault Detection

URC, iNET-II, Mercury F60
Example: Residential
Load
Distribution
Substation
URC Controller

Distribution Automation
Recloser
Digital Energy enables the efficient recovery of
distribution system networks via fault isolation,
sectionalization and power system restoration URC
schemes.  GE’s Recloser Control System (URC) Residential Recloser Control
Wireless up to 4 miles
Load
provides an intelligent, high speed and reliable DAS
solution that enables  fast service restoration and Industrial
Load
reduces customer outages. Our high speed, wireless 3 1 Fault occurs on the line

capability provides peer to peer communications, 1

2 Local URC Recloser
enabling each URC to make intelligent decisions and System detects the fault,
2 and isolates the faulted
respond quickly and efficiently to interruptions. Distribution
Substation section from the grid
Industrial 3 URCs provide fast system
Load re-configuration to restore
power to effected area, via
wireless communications

Example: Detection of
Downed Power Lines
Detecting live downed power lines, which can cause
fires and safety hazards, is a key requirement for a
safer smart grid. GE’s Hi-Impedance Fault detection
technology, developed over the past 20 years, provide
utilities with the ability to detect when power lines
have been knocked loose by falling trees branches or
had their supporting poles knocked down by storms
or vehicle accidents. Using a safety-first approach,
distribution utilities have the ability to detect and shut
down these power lines before emergency and repair
personnel approach these areas.

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Smart Power
Consumers
From large industry to the home, today’s power
consumers demand advanced control and
complete reliability from utility providers.
Digital Energy provides solutions to track energy usage, monitor power quality,
intelligently shed load, and seamlessly switch to emergency back-up power sources. Our
rugged wireless networks enable Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).

Asset Protection & Control Asset Monitoring Advanced Metering

• Motor & Generator Protection
M60, SR469, G60, SR489
• Arc Flash Protection
F60, F35, F650, SR750, SR735
• Motor & Breaker Diagnostics Infrastructure
Viewpoint Monitoring, PMCS • Wireless Communications
Enabling AMI
• Communications
Mercury 3650
SD4, iNET-II, Mercury Wireless

Demand Side Management Reliability Optimization

• Peak Demand Shaving • Submetering & Cost Allocation
PMCS, Viewpoint Monitoring, PMCS, Viewpoint Monitoring,
PQM II EPM4000

• Load Shedding & Power • Power Quality & Consumption

Restoration Monitoring
PMCS, C90Plus PMCS, Viewpoint Monitoring, PQM II,
EPM6000
• Backup Power & Generation
Dispatch
UPS, ATS, TVSS, PSG

• Power Factor Correction

PMCS, PQM II
Example: Metering/Neighborhood LAN Wireless Wide Area Network Backbone Network Infrastructure
Communications for AMI MDS WAN JungleMux

Utilities require an economical solution to enable

fast and secure intelligent communications to Meter Mercury 3650 Mercury 3650 Intrepid HC
Collection Fixed Remote Access Point
residential electric meters to allow new market-
Residential Meters Control
driven billing structures to be implemented. Center
Fiber Optic Wireless
T h e M D S M e rc u r y 3 6 5 0 , u s i n g W i M A X Backhaul Backhaul
technology, provides long distance, high speed
communications with secure data handling
MDS WAN
using encryption and user authentication. Intrepid HC
Industrial-grade cer tifications and the
exceptional performance reliability of the 3.65 Meter
Collection
Mercury 3650
Fixed Remote
Mercury 3650
Access Point JungleMux
GHz band, ensures trouble-free operation.
Collection Point Collection Point
Residential Meters

Example: C90Plus

Industrial Load Shedding

Digital Energy’s Load Shedding solution keeps
PMCS
critical processes running. The system utilizes
C90 Automation Logic Controllers and the
PQM II
PMCS Energy Management System to identify
when there are disruptions to the utility power
supply, and as a result there is not enough
power to supply the required load. Then the
system dynamically and safely sheds the least
critical loads. This ensures the processes that
are essential to the business able to maintain
production, thereby reducing the costs
associated with downtime.

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Our business is the Smart Grid
Protection & Control
Multilin
The Multilin line of power system protection and management solutions
continues the rich tradition of GE’s 100 years in protection & control. From
generators to transmission lines to motors and beyond, we are dedicated to
ensuring dependable and safe power worldwide.
Power Quality
Zenith
For mission critical processes that cannot be interrupted, customers
worldwide rely on our industry-leading Zenith line of power quality solutions.
From Uninterruptible Power Supplies to Automatic Transfer Switches, Surge
Suppression and Paralleling Switchgear, we ensure critical system reliability.
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Communications
MDS, Lentronics
Through our MDS and Lentronics communication devices, we are developing
new technologies to deliver complete networking solutions for customers
worldwide. From secure wireless communications to rugged Ethernet
switches and robust data multiplexers, our products are designed to
withstand the harshest environments.
Power Sensing
ITI
To address their challenges, customers rely on our experience and deep
portfolio of customizable ITI instrument transformers and control switches.
Utilizing high quality materials and innovative designs, ITI products deliver
accurate power sensing technology for reliable power systems.
Digital Energy

we protect and connect the world’s critical

equipment to ensure safe, reliable power

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