Florida Power & Light Company has launched a new piece of smart grid technology, the Automated Transformer Switch (ATS), also called a VacuFuse Self-Resetting Interrupter, which helps to prevent and reduce power outages.

"The investments we've made throughout the last 13 years to build a stronger, smarter energy grid continue to provide tangible benefits to our customers in the form of higher day-to-day reliability and faster restoration following a major storm," said Eric Silagy, president and CEO of FPL.

The ATS was jointly developed by FPL and S&C Electric Company.

"Over the last few years, we have worked with FPL to identify ways to use our technology to better serve its customers," said Mike Edmonds, chief commercial officer for S&C. "The new device brings advanced technology to areas of the grid that have never had it before and adds more tools to help FPL continue to improve its service reliability."

Source: FPL