Powering the Future: Solutions for a Smarter, More Secure Energy Grid 

The global energy sector is undergoing rapid transformation as utilities companies adapt to new technologies, evolving regulatory landscapes, and shifting energy demands. To remain competitive and ensure a stable, secure, and sustainable grid, utilities must modernize at scale—integrating distributed energy resources (DERs), strengthening cybersecurity, and leveraging data-driven grid analytics. However, these advancements come with challenges, from managing the complexities of grid decentralization to meeting growing consumer expectations for reliability and transparency.

Embracing change with strategy is essential to navigate this transition.

How Capco Can Help

Capco has nearly 30 years of experience helping utilities modernize through grid upgrades, cybersecurity, tech advancements, and asset management. We provide scalable solutions that drive growth, optimize capital, and enhance resilience, equipping energy providers with future-ready strategies.

Success Stories

Capco brings nearly 30 years of experience in the utilities sector, supporting clients in enterprise transformation through grid modernization, cybersecurity, technology advancements, and asset management.

Large Natural Gas & Pipeline Company: Cybersecurity

• Challenge: To meet critical federal infrastructure guidelines and strengthen overall security, a major natural gas and pipeline company partnered with Capco to upgrade its SCADA network. The company also aimed to strengthen its overall cybersecurity posture by modernizing its network infrastructure.
• How Capco Solved: We successfully delivered a full SCADA infrastructure upgrade, enhancing the client’s cybersecurity posture with the implementation of advanced firewalls. Capco also integrated new modems to secure network endpoints and established a streamlined modem installation process, improving both security and operational efficiency.
  
  

Transmission & Distribution Company: Path to Cloud Services

• Challenge: A major transmission and distribution company identified the need to plan, build, test, and migrate applications to a modern cloud platform. Capco was engaged to design a scalable, sustainable foundation to support these migrations and deployments.
• How Capco Solved: We conducted a comprehensive cloud platform review and selected a solution aligned with the client’s hybrid cloud strategy. Capco then implemented a robust cloud foundation to support future migrations and deployments, while also strengthening security and performance through advanced threat detection and environment monitoring tools.

Virtual Power Plant – DERMS Asset Integration

• Challenge: To integrate a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) platform for a retail solar company, where more than half of their fleet could not integrate with the platform. Capco was brought in to build control and monitor interfaces with the remainder of the fleet.
• How Capco Solved: Capco partnered with vendors and business users to define functional and technical requirements, analyzed the existing orchestration platform, and developed a scalable, cost-efficient solution. We addressed key risk areas, built enhanced monitoring and reporting components, and executed a full testing and deployment plan, followed by successful implementation and ongoing support.

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