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Transmission and Distribution

Reliable alerts for storm readiness and response

Key Clients

  • Ameren
  • Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL)
  • SCANA
  • Con Edison of New York
  • NSTAR
  • Exelon
  • Green Mountain Power
  • Florida Power & Light
  • Georgia Power

Know what weather will hit, when and where — formulate your strategy with MxVision WeatherSentry® Utility Edition. Whether lightning, wind, ice, or a hurricane, Telvent’s proven weather alerting technology…

  • Helps you better position pre-storm crews for optimum response
  • Improves line crew scheduling and mutual assistance decisions — saving costs and minimizing outage duration
  • Reduces outage duration and revenue loss

Accuracy counts. Telvent’s solution is…

  • Independently ranked number one in precipitation and temperature forecast accuracy
  • Easy to use with a high-resolution mapping interface and fast navigation tools, showing you the impact of weather for any point within your service territory
  • Relied on by more than 70 percent of major U.S. IOUs and large co-ops
  • The only weather information provider in the industry with experienced meteorologists available, online, over the phone, and now via mobile device for expert consultation

Telvent’s patented*, configurable technology sends you weather alerts for:

  • Your utility’s boundaries or transmission lines and optional, expanded lightning coverage beyond your territory
  • Early-warning and all-clear notifications that support crew safety — including a countdown feature that lets you know how long before lightning threats will pass
  • A cell phone or e-mail delivered heads up to keep both the control room and field technicians aware of changing conditions


Telvent also offers these new capabilities…

  • New! GPS-based roaming weather and lightning alerts for your current position — automatically pushed to your Apple® iPhone® or Android®, updated automatically wherever you go
  • New! The ability to track and display the location of your crews on your weather map based on their Apple iPhones' or Androids' GPSs
  • New! Animated mobile weather maps for MxVision WeatherSentry Mobile® users with lightning strikes, radar, pan and zoom capabilities, and more for a complete weather picture on the go
  • New! A third lightning range ring provides a caution zone for a three-step response to lightning dangers
“Telvent DTN’s weather information helps us assess the severity and total impact of a storm to determine if we need to call for outside help."

— Richard Foltman, meteorologist, Detroit Edison

* Products mentioned above may be covered by one or more of the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 6,753,784, or 7,602,285

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