Metering and Demand Management

We provide these solutions to both producers and consumers of energy. We can apply them as complete systems or integrate them with existing infrastructure, processes, devices, and software.

Whether for new or existing facilities, we can design a system that fits your needs. SEL solutions include the following:

Energy invoicing and reporting
Revenue and check metering
Power quality compliance reporting, including IEEE 519, IEEE 2800, and EN 50160
Peak demand reduction and peak shaving
Time-of-use-based energy optimization
Multisource control systems that maximize uptime
Database and reporting integration with SEL and third-party meters

We can apply these solutions for you in a wide range of settings, including the following:

Multibuilding campuses—industrial, manufacturing, college/university, etc.
480 V commercial buildings
Transportation hubs
Facilities with onsite power generation
Utility interconnections
DER integration with distribution and transmission grids
Grid-level power quality metering and control

Let us schedule a time for you to talk with one of our team members about how we can meet your needs.

A System Ownership Approach

SEL solutions give you the ability to build a complete meter reporting and demand management system on equipment that you own.

You pay a one-time purchase price for highly reliable, substation-grade SEL equipment with a service life measured in decades—an investment that places the system’s return on investment and operational cost savings fully under your control.

The SEL-735 Power Quality and Revenue Meter is the keystone of the system. It exceeds industry standards for accuracy over a wide measurement range and is suitable for revenue metering, power quality monitoring, and a wide array of additional metering applications.

Communications and data concentration are provided by powerful SEL Real-Time Automation Controllers (RTACs) with secure networking. Data is stored on a hardened server-class SEL computing platform, and web access allows viewing from virtually anywhere. And for peace of mind, all SEL equipment comes standard with our industry-leading, no-hassle 10-year warranty and no-cost technical support.

Scalable Solutions

We offer metering asset integration services in three tiers. With SEL devices as a foundation, you can scale up system capabilities as needs dictate and budgets allow.

SEL Engineering Services will consult with you at every stage of the project, from planning and design through commissioning of the system. We’ll install and configure all the necessary equipment, integrate it with your existing infrastructure and processes, and ensure that the whole system meets your economic and operational objectives.

Includes these capabilities:

Real-time data visualization
Data integration with SEL and third-party devices

Includes all features of the basic system, plus:

Data reporting from additional SEL and third-party devices
Database concentration and historical visualization

Includes all features of the basic and intermediate systems, plus:

Database exchange, customized reports, and third-party software integration
Automated demand management
Powerful data analysis for bill estimation, sub-tenant cost allocation, historical consumption comparison, and power quality analysis
Integration with third-party building management system (BMS) and reporting software

Powerful Data Analysis

SEL meter reporting solutions offer data visualization and analysis capabilities that you can use to drive planning, operations, and billing decisions. We can also help analyze your metering data to better understand your power system assets and processes.

Use SEL reports and interactive graphs to analyze and report on historical power system data that can help identify trends, inform planning, and reduce operational costs. Verify invoices by recreating complex rate tariffs in customizable third-party software tools, like Microsoft Power BI.

Visualize, track, and analyze power quality events and trends to confirm you are receiving and delivering clean, undistorted energy.

Use IEEE 519 Compliance Reports to identify distortion at the point of common coupling that produces undesirable harmonics on the power system.

Leverage ITI (CBEMA) curves and detailed voltage event graphs to help plant operators and power producers detect and resolve issues before they affect other systems. The ITI curve classifies voltage events to indicate disturbance severities that cause malfunctions, such as insulation failures, overvoltage trips, or load dropouts.

Manage your entire campus by bringing real-time and historical data together in one place. SEL RTACs and Blueframe DMA Meter Monitoring enable automated data collection from field devices and make your data available for easy display and analysis.

Energy and Demand Management

SEL solutions can bring meter, weather, and other data together to help you make well-informed energy and demand management decisions.

Optimize plant processes and schedule electric usage to avoid peak demand charges. Use WAGES (water, air, gas, electricity, and steam) system metering to reduce waste and optimize usage of all your energy resources.

Renewable Resource Integration

SEL metering solutions improve reliability and enhance the integration of distributed and variable resources into the bulk power system.

Each SEL-735 meter can handle up to ten simultaneous communication sessions, giving SCADA system operators the real-time data needed to respond quickly to disturbances, reclosing events, alarms, and device failures.

SEL solutions can share intertie data securely with varied privileges, allowing utilities and independent system operators (ISOs) to adjust access as needed.

Metering Devices and Software

Meters and Power Monitors

Revenue Metering

Meters and Power Monitors

Power Quality

Automation and Computing

Data Concentration and Protocol Conversion

Maximize Value With SEL Power System Controls

SEL can augment energy monitoring systems (EMS) with our industry-leading power system protection and control solutions. This opens up larger opportunities to maximize the value and reliability of electricity—your most mission-critical commodity.

Our energy metering and reporting solutions work seamlessly with other SEL power system solutions:

SEL Solutions in Action

Project Highlight

SEL Meter Helps Data Center Supply High-Quality, Uninterrupted PowerLearn more

Case Study

WAGES Metering Reduces Water UsageRead the case study

Success Story

Reducing Consumption to Serve the CommunityWatch the video

Our Support

When you choose SEL, you get more than products and services—you get a partnership. Our customer support teams are experts in power system products and applications, and they’re available for the entire life of your SEL solution.SEL ES project engineers are ready to assist you in various project stages, from planning through final commissioning of the system. Afterward, ES teams around the globe will assist with any ongoing needs, and you have access to no-cost product support from highly skilled SEL application engineers.More about SEL quality and support

Every device we manufacture comes with free lifetime technical support. SEL application engineers are stationed around the world and are ready to provide support and expertise for virtually all power system applications. No matter how often you need to call or how long your SEL products have been in service, our customer service and technical support professionals are ready to help.

Security Bulletins and Updates

We notify product owners of updates and security patches for the full life of the product. We distribute software and firmware updates directly to our customers via a secure file transfer. The authenticity and integrity of the updates are verifiable through digital signatures and cryptographic hashes.More about security notifications

SEL provides complete cybersecurity support for every solution, system, and product we create.

Cybersecurity Bulletins and Updates

We thoroughly review and test the code in our products, which gives us greater control over their quality, security, and functionality. Customers are notified of updates and security patches for the full life of every SEL product.

Cybersecurity Services and Support

From system assessment and baselining to cyber-defense solution development and ongoing system management, our full suite of security services can help strengthen your defenses and streamline the demands of maintenance and compliance.Cyber services support contracts include incident response, audits, system hardening, patch and update management, and more.

SEL meets your workforce training and continuing-education needs through seminars, conference and tradeshow presentations, and SEL University courses.SEL University courses and many of our seminars provide Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for maintaining Professional Engineering licenses. Courses and seminars can be delivered in various formats, including self-paced online learning, virtual classrooms, live and recorded webinars, and in person.We can also work with you to develop training that is customized to the specific needs of your workforce.Training and Education offeringsSEL University CoursesConferences and TradeshowsSeminars and Webinars