ALEX Software
Designed to operate on ALEX nodes or other compatible AMI 3.0 infrastructure, ALEX is T.rex AI’s AI-driven DERMS, designed to address emergent operability challenges at the grid edge through automated DER orchestration.
By aligning asset end-users and grid stakeholder interests and providing automation services, ALEX naturally incentivizes and empowers DERs to support grid operations. This significantly reduces the costs incurred per kWh delivered without the need for micromanagement from the grid stakeholder and/or the end-user.
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) hold promise for enhancing energy self-sufficiency and reducing carbon emissions.
For grid stakeholders DERs traditionally pose risk, as their intermittent nature and low inertia compound the complexity and fragility of electricity grid operations and maintenance.
The fundamental challenge lies in aligning end-user and grid stakeholder interests without introducing excess friction on either side.
ALEX achieves this alignment through a communal energy exchange, and removes friction by leveraging AI to automate market participation and DER control.
This distributed, decentralized orchestration platform ensures high scalability, responsiveness, and robust system behavior while maintaining transparency for end-users.
The result is vastly reduced variability, by 35-46% in current customer studies, without requiring information sharing between participants.
This reduction in net load variability through DER orchestration unlocks the true potential of DERS at the grid edge:
A significant reduction in the $/kWh energy delivery cost for grid stakeholders by turning residential DERs into beneficial assets.
Current customer studies show that ALEX enables the same infrastructure to support up to 40%-70% higher communal energy consumption!
ALEX Node
Designed as the preferred platform for ALEX Software, the ALEX Node upgrades existing AMI 2.0 infrastructure with significant edge intelligence, closing the gap between AMI 2.0 and 3.0.
In addition to providing the intelligence and necessary compute for edge based DER EMS, DR and VPP services, this foundational asset unlocks key features of advanced distribution operations such as real-time monitoring, rapid outage detection and personalized customer engagement.
Each ALEX node connects to existing AMI infrastructure, available DERs and smart assets as well as other nearby ALEX nodes.
This creates an independent mesh network with real-time data processing, communication and intelligence capabilities which performs even during outages where internet based systems may not function.
By providing real-time data processing and communication across a resilient mesh network, ALEX Nodes empower utilities to adapt dynamically to grid conditions, enhance operational resilience, and engage customers through localized, real-time updates during critical events.
Consulting Services
The transition towards advanced distribution operations and the implementation of associated, often data-driven tools and services represents a significant shift in operational strategies for electric utilities.
Especially in the currently, rapidly developing technology landscape this is accompanied with a significant amount of challenges arising from investments that fail to deliver on promised outcomes.
At T.rex AI, we have experience in supporting utilities during this transition.
We are happy to help establish data quality and usability practices, data-driven decision making protocols and guide your transition with proven strategies and tools that make advanced grid operations a reality.
