Ensuring Consistent Power for Enhanced Public Safety and Wellbeing

Schneider Electric's innovative solution shifts power costs from capital to operational expenses, enabling public services to prioritize community needs while ensuring reliable power management and infrastructure resilience. The uninterrupted flow of power is essential for delivering critical services across the public sector, such as healthcare, emergency responses, and public safety. Disruptions in power supply to these vital services can have severe and far-reaching impacts.

These impacts can be mitigated by implementing modern power management solutions with proactive monitoring and dedicated support services. Advanced power management and proactive maintenance significantly reduce the risk of power-related incidents, ensuring the continuity of crucial services even during extreme and unforeseen circumstances. This approach safeguards community wellbeing and fosters operational resilience and certainty across public services.

Public sector organizations often face challenges in adopting these solutions due to the high cost of acquiring and maintaining critical power infrastructure. Heavy upfront capital investments can strain budgets, making it difficult to allocate funds and personnel resources to other vital initiatives. Schneider Electric’s innovative approach to critical power solutions is gaining traction within the public sector by transitioning the financial burden from capital expenses to predictable operational expenses.

A recent example is the Greater Shepparton City Council (GSCC), which is replacing its traditional capital expenditure (CAPEX) energy model, including unpredictable costs and high operational expenses (OPEX), with a recurring service solution for critical power assets. GSCC is leveraging Schneider Electric’s expertise to oversee and manage these assets, allowing the council to focus on community needs.

By implementing a fully managed, digitally enabled, and tailored solution, GSCC will move to a predictable, cost-efficient model overseen by a dedicated Schneider Electric customer success manager. This manager's role is to advise, monitor, and resolve issues before they arise, saving costs and preventing power supply interruptions that could impact daily operations. An uninterruptible power supply is crucial to GSCC’s operations, ensuring continuous service despite outages, power surges, or other interruptions.

"Thanks to this partnership with Schneider Electric, we can prioritize activities and resources to help the council thrive, ultimately helping us focus on moving the needle for our wider community," said Chris Teitzel, Director of Corporate Services at GSCC. This model not only alleviates immediate financial strains but also allows organizations to allocate resources more effectively, addressing community needs and investing in essential public services while ensuring sustainable resource management.

The management of power infrastructure tends to be complex, requiring specialized expertise for optimal performance, reliability, and efficiency. Many public sector areas struggle with accessing and retaining this expertise, especially with rapidly evolving technologies. The right technical knowledge is key to an efficient, cost-effective approach. Recognized as a global leader in energy management and automation, Schneider Electric has created a tailored service to ensure the continuous flow of critical power systems.

Schneider Electric’s new model, EcoStruxureTM Outcomes: Secure Power as a Service, enables public sector entities to address complex power management challenges effectively, avert potential issues from inadequate expertise, and ensure operational efficiencies and optimal infrastructure performance throughout the asset lifecycle.

The dynamic nature of the public sector demands infrastructure that can adapt to evolving community needs, technological advancements, and regulatory requirements. Traditional infrastructure procurement cycles often fall short in addressing these changes, leading to scalability challenges and limited flexibility. Secure Power as a Service addresses these limitations by providing a flexible solution that adapts and scales with public sector power requirements. This proactive approach is tailored to community needs, adapting critical power infrastructure to meet changing demands while avoiding service disruptions and constraints on growth.

It offers a unique lifecycle experience where organizations can enjoy the outcomes of secure power without product ownership, paying monthly fees based on actual usage. By acting proactively, public sector organizations can effectively address challenges related to power infrastructure management, financial constraints, expertise gaps, scalability limitations, cybersecurity threats, and regulatory compliance.

Implementing an ‘as a service’ model not only solves immediate problems but also contributes to constructing a resilient, sustainable, and secure power infrastructure, ensuring the delivery of essential services to the community. To learn more about Secure Power as a Service, you can access Schneider Electric’s dedicated page or contact one of their representatives using the "contact us" button.