Sentient Energy Ramps Up Volume Production of its ZM1™ Distribution Line Monitors to Meet Strong Demand

Intelligent Sensors for Low to Near-Zero Amperage Deployment Becoming
More Essential as Utilities Expand Monitoring Across Entire Distribution
Grid

BURLINGAME, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DistributionGrid–Sentient Energy, Inc., a leading provider of advanced grid monitoring
and analytics for electric utilities, has announced that it is
experiencing strong demand for its new ZM1™ distribution line sensors.
The Sentient ZM1 is the world’s first advanced line monitor that can be
deployed on distribution lines where no or very-low amperage is
available to power monitoring devices, including laterals, feeder tie
points and rural distribution circuits.

“As utilities gain control of overhead feeder outage duration and
frequency indices (SAIDI and SAIFI) with intelligent sensors, they renew
their focus on the now increasing interruption (CMI) contribution from
laterals and taplines,” said Michael Bauer, President and Founder of
Sentient Energy. “The new ZM1 line sensor allows utilities to expand
fault detection and intelligent analytics to these low or near zero
Amperage lines and the entire distribution grid, resulting in
significant improvements in safety, reliability and Distributed Energy
Resources (DER) integration capacity.”

Manitoba Hydro is the first utility to deploy the ZM1 on rural
distribution circuits. As part of their Worst Feeder Program, the ZM1
will provide vital information for both fault location and feeder
performance. Identifying the frequency and locations of momentary faults
along the feeder will proactively drive maintenance and reduce the
number of sustained outages, which improves the overall customer
experience.

The ZM1 communicates over 3G/4G LTE cellular networks, and will soon be
available for mesh networks as well. The Sentient ZM1 is also an
excellent complement to single-phase reclosers, assessing their
effectiveness and identifying the reclosure cause.

The ZM1 operates completely maintenance free for 10 years or more on
batteries, which are field replaceable for continued use of the ZM1 for
many more years, and can be dispositioned via standard recycling.

About Sentient Energy, Inc.
Sentient Energy makes power
delivery safe, reliable and DER ready. The company provides the
industry’s only Grid Analytics System that covers the entire
distribution network with quickly deployed intelligent sensors and
analytics that identify and analyze potential faults and other grid
events. Sentient Energy leads the market with the largest mesh network
line sensor deployments in North America, and partnerships with leading
utility network providers including Silver Spring Networks, Landis +
Gyr, and AT&T. For more information, visit www.sentient-energy.com.

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