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Utilities & Electric Coops

Utility Infrastructure for Modern Operations

Plan Your Utility Network

Utilities Need Infrastructure That Serves Them for Decades

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Municipal utilities, public power utilities and electric cooperatives are facing new challenges like aging infrastructure, grid modernization, reliability requirements and growing demand for connected technologies. The need for communications networks that can support critical infrastructure is increasing along with the need for more resilient utility systems to keep them operating.

eX² Technology helps utilities and electric cooperatives plan, develop, design, build, operate, maintain and commercialize communications infrastructure that connects critical systems, improves network resiliency and creates opportunities to get more value from utility assets. We help:

  • Modernize utility communications with scalable fiber network infrastructure for grid operations, monitoring, automation and future technologies

  • Improve reliability and resiliency through network redundancy, diverse communications paths and infrastructure designed to keep critical systems connected during outages and disruptions

  • Connect utility systems with communications infrastructure for smart grid applications, advanced metering, distributed energy resources and other technologies

  • Extend the value of utility assets by identifying opportunities to use existing infrastructure for community broadband, network connectivity, commercialization and additional revenue

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Utility & Electric Coop Network Solutions

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Our network solutions give utilities and electric cooperatives the infrastructure needed to connect critical systems, facilities and communities.

Last Mile Networks (FTTx)

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Network Regeneration

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Middle-Mile Infrastructure

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Long-Haul Networks

The Fourth Utility: Broadband

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Our country’s critical infrastructure systems power our homes, supply the water we drink, allow safe travel via secure highways, airports and other mass transportation systems and so much more.

eX² Technology delivers next generation networks to drive our nation’s largest and most secure critical infrastructure, keeping countless communities safe and functioning.

We understand the importance that redundancy, resiliency and long-term sustainability play in your critical infrastructure operations. For more than two decades, our team of experts has been delivering large-scale, integrated and complex utility communications systems that serve as the backbone of our nation as well as the catalyst for bringing broadband to under and unserved communities.

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Built Beyond Broadband

Communications Infrastructure for Municipality-Owned Utilities

Municipality-owned utilities have a responsibility to make infrastructure investments that perform reliably, use public dollars strategically and continue serving their communities far into the future. Like electric systems, water infrastructure and other critical public assets, fiber infrastructure must be planned with the same attention to reliability and long-term asset value. Decisions made today can affect utility operations and the communities they serve for decades.

eX² Technology helps municipal utilities plan, develop, design, build, operate, maintain and maximize infrastructure assets throughout its entire lifecycle.

With one experienced team coordinating the work and identifying risks earlier, eX² Technology helps municipality-owned utility partners build networks that support critical operations today, provide future growth and create opportunities to get more from their investment.

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Build For Future Growth

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Who We Serve

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Public Power Utilities

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Utility Broadband Programs

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Electric Coops

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Municipality-Owned Utilities

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Grid Modernization Teams

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Utility Infrastructure & Engineering Teams

From Utility Planning to Long-Term Network Value

eX² Technology works with utilities and electric cooperatives from early planning through construction, operations and commercialization. We help develop communications infrastructure that supports critical utility operations, expands connectivity and creates long-term asset value from the network.

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Why Utilities & Electric Coops Partner with eX² Technology

  • We develop communications infrastructure around the utility's operational requirements, existing assets, service territory and long-term plans.

  • A fiber network can serve grid communications, broadband, smart utility technologies and other applications. We help identify opportunities to use the network across multiple needs.

  • Existing fiber, conduit, poles, rights-of-way and other infrastructure can play a role in network development. We assess how those assets can be incorporated into your utility’s network strategies and expansion plans.

  • We bring planning, engineering, permitting, construction, systems integration, operations, maintenance and commercialization together under one partner to serve our partners and reduce complexity and risk along the project lifecycle.

  • eX² Technology designs communications infrastructure with redundancy and network resiliency for critical utility operations.

  • We provide reduced risk during the project lifecycle by focusing on operating requirements, field operations and construction conditions to avoid disruptions, rework and unexpected challenges during deployment.

Our Work with Utility & Electric Coop Partners

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Holland BPW

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ComEd

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Batavia, IL

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Midwest Energy

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Avangrid

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Ammon Falls, ID

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  • “We chose eX² as our design-build partner based on best value, its extensive and successful history executing fiber design and construction management services and its strong partnership approach.”

    -Ted Siler, Utility Services Director, Holland BPW

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The right approach depends on your utility's operational requirements, service territory, existing assets, capital structure and objectives. eX² Technology can help evaluate infrastructure and operations to determine what makes sense for the network.

  • A new network needs an idea of long-term operations from the beginning. This avoids missing things like ownership, monitoring, maintenance, outage response, documentation and ongoing network management. eX² Technology can help utilities plan those requirements alongside the infrastructure itself.

  • Utilities may have fiber, conduit, poles, rights-of-way or other network assets spread across their service territory. We look at how those assets are being used, identify gaps or unused capacity and determine where they may support additional operational, connectivity or commercial opportunities.

  • Network requirements can change as utilities add facilities, technologies and services. eX² considers capacity, expansion and network architecture during planning so the infrastructure can accommodate future changes.

Build Reliable Infrastructure that Lasts for Decades

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