This Utility University course is open to any attendee with an all-access or utility all-access badge. These courses are first come, first served onsite in Dallas, however, pre-registration is still required. To pre-register, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@distributech.com.

This immersive Utility University Session will provide electric utility professionals with a comprehensive roadmap for evaluating, deploying, and operating private LTE networks tailored to their needs. Industry experts will cover the entire private LTE lifecycle for electric utilities - from initial strategy and total cost of ownership analysis, to educating leadership and regulators, navigating spectrum options, RF design principles, and vendor selection criteria, through network design, procurement, construction and ongoing operations.

This session will dive deep into key private LTE use cases critical for electric utilities such as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for smart grids, integrating land mobile radio/MCPTT for field communications, teleprotection for substation automation, and more. Attendees will gain actionable insights into developing requirements specific to electric utilities, crafting requests for proposals (RFPs), evaluating vendor proposals, and incorporating real-world lessons from peer electric utilities.

Electric utility telecommunications leaders, engineers, IT professionals and anyone involved with private LTE strategy, procurement or operations for their electric utility will benefit from this comprehensive, utility-focused immersion into successfully implementing this transformative technology. Join us for an electric utility-centric look at private LTE from cradle to grave.

Prerequisites: 

• None

Acquired Knowledge: 

• Comprehensive understanding of the private LTE lifecycle
• Insights into critical private LTE use cases for electric utilities
• Total cost of ownership analysis for private LTE networks
• Available spectrum options and regulatory requirements
• RF design principles for private LTE networks
• Vendor landscape and selection criteria
• Developing business requirements for a private LTE network
• Stakeholder education and leadership buy-in strategies
• Roadmap planning for private LTE deployment
• Assessing feasibility and building a business case for private LTE
• Navigating the technical aspects of private LTE from design to operations
• Migrating to PLTE from legacy telecommunications networks
• Managing procurement, construction, and implementation programs
• Operating and maintaining a private LTE network for electric utility use cases