Introduction

Economic constraints, reduced operating budgets and environmental incentives for “green” operations; all of these factors will influence system operators to adopt more intelligent and sustainable operations in the near future. Recent carbon footprint audits conducted on two major European network operators identified that 80% of their carbon emissions originated from two sources: utility power consumption and fleet vehicle operations. Improving efficiency in these two areas will provide significant cost reductions for operators.

To realize tangible improvements, operators must demand, and manufacturers must deliver products and tools offering improved energy efficiency and intelligent network power management.

Operators must also be willing to adjust operational practices to take advantage of efficiencies offered through these improved tools. The distributed hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) network powering architecture must be considered holistically to achieve optimal improvements in efficiency and operating costs. In this article, three aspects of HFC network operations will be considered for areas of potential savings in operational expenses: Efficiency of the HFC network powering equipment, management of lead acid battery assets and workflow management through intelligent operational monitoring systems.

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