The Newton-Evans Research Company has announced its latest publication of a set of 9 U.S. distribution automation market top-line report summaries. The new series of market overview reports includes supplier listings, representative products, and estimated market segment size, vendor market share estimates and market outlook through 2020. Electric utilities accounted for about 92% of all purchases of distribution automation related goods and services.
A majority of distribution automation equipment purchased by American utilities and industrial firms is produced or assembled in the United States. U.S. sales of DA components including equipment smart controllers, DA applications software licensing, dedicated communications infrastructure and DA-related engineering services, is expected to exceed $1.5 Billion in 2018. Another several hundred million dollars will be spent for “DA-related infrastructure equipment” including reclosers, MV voltage regulators and MV capacitors.
The Distribution Automation series ($975.00) includes U.S. 2017 market size, market share estimates and 2018-2020 market outlook for these product and service categories (listed by report code):
DA01 – Automatic Circuit Recloser Controls
DA02 – DA/DMS System Components (including distribution network analysis; distribution network condition monitoring and fault location and characterization)
DA03 – Voltage Regulator Controls
DA04 – Capacitor Bank Controllers
DA05 – Fault Indicators (covering both fault current indicators and faulted circuit indicators)
DA06 – Pole Top RTUs
DA07 – Line Mounted Monitoring Devices
DA08 – Communications Components for DA (covering PLC/DLC; cellular and 900Mhz)
DA09 – Engineering Services for Distribution Automation Projects (covering consulting engineering services, related services provided by manufacturers; DA services provided by smart grid consulting specialists).
In the chart below, note the pivotal role played by communications networks developed specifically for distribution automation applications being implemented by utilities across the nation. The market overview (DA08) further allocates DA communications spending estimates by three external service types: (BPL/PLC/DLC), Cellular and 900 MHz MAS.
Four related T&D market series published in the past several weeks by Newton-Evans include: Substation Automation (13 summaries), Protection and Control (8 summaries), T&D Control Systems (11 summaries) and Transformers (13 summaries). Two remaining series, High Voltage Equipment (15 summaries) and Medium Voltage Equipment (20 summaries) will be available later in April.
Newton-Evans is also currently conducting a tracking study to determine DA progress made by 75 utilities that participated in our initial DA planning study in 2014. This new major DA/DMS study will be available in June.
Further information on each of the seven T&D market overview series, comprising more than 85 individual U.S. electric power industry market summaries, is available from Newton-Evans Research Company, 10176 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 204, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042. Phone: 410-465-7316. Visit our reports page for a brochure or to order any of the related report series or any of the more than 85 individual report summaries online. For those interested in subscriptions to multiple report series, please call or email us at info@newton-evans.com for special introductory pricing offers.
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