Sentient Energy Unveils World’s First Intelligent Sensor for Underground at DistribuTECH 2018

Sentient UM3+™ Extends Grid Analytics to Entire Grid to Meet Rigorous
Demands for Managing SAIFI, SAIDI and DERMS in Underground Distribution
Grid Infrastructure

BURLINGAME, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DistributionGrid–Sentient Energy, Inc., a leading provider of advanced grid monitoring
and analytics for electric utilities, today unveiled the Sentient UM3+™,
the first intelligent distribution grid monitor designed for underground
deployment. The announcement was made at the DistribuTECH 2018
Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas. The Sentient’s UM3+™
extends to underground circuits the capabilities of Sentient’s Ample®
Software, and MM3™ and ZM1™ overhead line monitors to detect, capture,
analyze and communicate faults and non-fault disturbances over both
AMI/DA mesh and cellular networks.

“Utilities need Intelligent sensing, control and analytics Networks
(ISCAN) that cover the entire six million miles of the U.S. Distribution
Grid — both overhead and underground,” said Jim Keener, CEO of Sentient
Energy. “The UM3+ is fully submersible and modular. Combined with
Sentient’s Grid Analytics System, now for the first time, utilities have
the ability to manage SAIFI, SAIDI and DERMS across their padmount,
manhole and vault infrastructure.”

Sentient Energy’s UM3+ line monitor is equipped with sophisticated
sensing and measurement capabilities including line and fault current
measurement. It is extensible to electric field monitoring, water level,
as well as NOX and CH4 detection in the underground vault. The UM3+ uses
GPS for location and precise time stamping of all measurements.

“With underground circuits, faults are harder to locate and equipment is
much more difficult and time consuming to access after a service
disruption,” added Michael Bauer, President and Founder of Sentient
Energy. “The UM3+ not only immediately pinpoints fault locations, it can
identify anomalies that signal incipient failures and report them to
Sentient’s Ample Grid Analytics Software. These disturbance statistics
can direct line crews to make targeted repairs when actually needed,
preempting outages and moving beyond outdated practices that rely on
best-guess models not grounded in actual field measurements.”

Sentient Energy will showcase the UM3+ and its full line of intelligent
grid sensors and analytics software at DistribuTECH booth #2953 through
January 25th.

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, Verizon and AT&T. For more information, visit www.sentient-energy.com.

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