American Transmission Company LLC (I) Enhanced SCADA and PMU Communications Backbone Project
June 15, 2015
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Jim Kleitsch, American Transmission Company LLC
American Transmission Company LLC's (ATC's) Enhanced Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Communications Backbone project deployed new fiber optic transmission communications infrastructure across the company's Wisconsin footprint. The interconnection of the new fiber segments integrated a total of 149 substations within ATC's data communications and collection networks and expanded ATC's data transfer capability. ATC enhanced the fiber optic network with satellite communication links to boost reliability across key segments of the system.