For Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest electric and natural gas provider, the energy transition is well underway. In fact, with a Clean Energy Plan that provides a blueprint for an aggressive buildout of renewables, Consumers Energy is fully embracing the transition while remaining committed to providing reliable energy to its customers, even as extreme weather events become more frequent.

Electric and gas utilities are facing new levels of complexity due to the transformation of supply and demand dynamics, leading to significant asset growth—while they also manage increased performance expectations. In this context, any asset downtime or unplanned maintenance can lead to safety risks and costly service interruptions.

Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) are quickly gaining adoption as an indispensable tool for managing the large influx of distributed energy resources (DERs). The ability to optimize and orchestrate huge numbers of DERs is essential to integrate large amounts of intermittent renewable generation while also ensuring grid reliability.