QUATRIC is pleased to announce that it has been selected by a major North American distribution utility to conduct a market study to identify those recent hardware developments that have been implemented and successfully deployed at other distribution utilities. Over the past several years, leading distribution equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, and Asia have been working closely with electric power utilities to develop asset technologies that will enhance the safety and reliability of the electricity system, reduce its operating cost, and enable a renewed focus on the customer. The report will identify hardware technologies that have been recently developed that are past the R&D stage, provide advantages and disadvantages of each hardware product, and provide recommendations for next steps.