New Technology - Smart Grid for Smart LED Streetlights

ComEd had developed a smart streetlight program using LED technology for greater energy efficiency and visibility. The wireless smart meter is a two-way communication handled remotely for monitoring and controlling the streetlights. Smart LED streetlights combine high efficiency LED luminaires with wireless communication capabilities, potentially offering significant benefits to both utilities and their customers that elect to use them. 

The pilot was deployed in Maywood back in  2015. ComEd offered a program to all municipalities to install Smart LED streetlights for better understanding of the Smart Grid technology, reduction of there streetlight operating cost, improvement of the lamp outage detection, feature functionality such as: dimming, flashing and billing based on metered usage.

The Smart- Ready LED streetlights are bright white lights that enhance safety and security that have opened the door to more benefits on ComEd's smart grid wireless network. The technology allows notifications to be sent to ComEd for repair of a lamp at the specific location. Now, with having this technology the repair time is shorten and a crew is dispatched immediately with the proper materials for maintenance.

By having the smart grid technology has also give communities the ability to install water metering technology that would assist in monitoring of water usage rates on an on-demand basis, money-saving and environmental benefits.