Private communication networks may not receive much fanfare as a key enabler of the energy transition, but they should.

Utilities big and small are taking control of their communications in order to manage millions of devices in the field while maintaining security and reliability during outages and extreme weather events.

Alan McIntyre, engineering director for Southern Company’s communications subsidiary Southern Linc, and Ryan Gerbrandt, chief operating officer of Anterix, joined POWERGRID International editor-in-chief John Engel for a deep dive into private utility communications.