Case Study: Hydro Ottawa boosts smart grid fiber network management with Hexagon

Hydro Ottawa Manages Smart Grid Using Fiber Optic Network Solution

Hydro Ottawa, the third-largest municipally owned electric utility in Ontario, faced the challenge of modernizing its communications infrastructure to support its smart grid roadmap. It needed a robust system to manage the expansion and tracking of its new fiber network for improved data transmission and safety. To address this, Hydro Ottawa turned to vendor Hexagon and implemented a fiber network management solution from Hexagon's Safety & Infrastructure division.

The solution from Hexagon integrated seamlessly with the utility's existing systems and provided a definitive source of reliable, location-based information. This gave Hydro Ottawa full tracing capabilities, eliminated the need for tracking connections on spreadsheets, and significantly increased network speeds from 9,600 bits per second to 1 operations.

Hydro Ottawa

Louis Voisine

Manager of Grid Technology