HD Supply adds new vendor to bolster its suite of smart-grid solutions

Sequentric Energy Systems, LLC, Wilmington, N.C., inked a deal with HD Supply Utilities, Atlanta, the largest distributor of utility products in North America, to distribute its Sequentric Energy Systems product line, which provides two-way communication between the electric utility and a homeowner's electrical loads, such as appliance, electronics, HVAC system and electric-vehicle charging system.

Sequentric said in a press release that its Internet Protocol-based products and software systems provide electric utilities with a wide range of proven, cost-efficient smart grid options. By enabling demand, consumption and information management with a variety of control and storage innovations, Sequentric's technology empowers a utility company to create custom network-based smart grid solutions that can benefit the utility as well as its customers.

The press release also said Sequentric products will be an integral part of HD Supply Utilities' smart grid technology solution suite, which includes hardware, software and services comprising total, end-to-end demand response solutions, from generation source to in-home smart appliances.

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