Dominion Voltage enters reseller agreement with NRTC

Dominion Voltage, Inc. (DVI) recently announced that they entered a value added reseller agreement with the National Rural Technology Cooperative (NRTC) to deliver DVI’s Volt/VAR optimization (VVO) solutions to the electric cooperative marketplace.

DVI is a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc. and a leader in the VVO industry, which seeks to reduce system losses, peak demand and energy use by managing voltage levels.

“Cooperatives in many ways have led the industry through their grid modernization efforts,” Todd Headlee, executive director of DVI, said. “As this leadership trend continues, several cooperatives have plans with goals to improve operational efficiencies through demand reduction, to maintain low energy prices to their members, and to increase the grid’s renewable hosting capacity. DVI’s EDGE® family of solutions is an integral component to achieving these goals. NRTC has a proven track record of providing solutions to this market and DVI is proud to be working with them.”
NRTC is an industry group that helps its member electric and telephone companies bring advanced technology to rural areas.
“The DVI team and their EDGE technology platform have proven themselves to be the best in class in the VVO industry,” Edward Drew, vice president of Utility Solutions at NRTC, said. “We are thrilled to offer this solution to our membership as many of them are looking at ways to optimize their distribution system and to increase efficiencies through advanced forms of voltage management.”