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AEP begins installing smart asset controllers on Alice streetlights to speed repairs
Summary
AEP Texas told Alice City Council crews are installing 'asset controllers' on more than 1,900 streetlight fixtures across Alice to report outages, provide GPS coordinates and trigger repair orders; installation uses existing smart-meter network and carried out at no cost to the city.
Patrick King, external affairs manager for AEP Texas, told the Alice City Council that crews are installing a new device—an “asset controller,” described as a smart photocell—on streetlight heads across the city.
King said the devices will feed status data into AEP’s network and provide precise GPS coordinates so technicians can locate and repair outages faster. “This device is going to be able to provide all of that data and information back to our internal system … and give a GPS coordinates on…
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