WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK: The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is reaching design completion of its statewide sensor deployment program, allowing site installations to begin.



The nearly $100 million multi-phase program consists of installing hundreds of sensors on generation and transmission assets across the state, including substation and switchyard assets, to closely monitor the health and performance of NYPA's generation and transmission network.

"The sensor deployment program is deploying the latest sensor technologies to ensure our generation and transmission system continues to function optimally as energy markets become more dynamic," said Gil C. Quiniones, President and CEO of NYPA.

Phase one of the program added sensors that capture asset data such as temperature, power loads, vibrations, pressure, emissions, moisture. Phase two will add more of these sensors, plus additional measures that monitor breaker contact wear, contact timing, current leakage, partial discharge, fluid leak detection and battery bank performance.

Once installed, these sensors will make more than 100,000 data points available to NYPA staff and its smart operations monitoring center, improving operational efficiency, resiliency and reliability, NYPA stated in the press release.

Source: NYPA