Utility companies hate blackouts and electrical system damage even more than their customers do. The reason is obvious: Power may soon be restored to homes and businesses, but the utility’s service reputation often suffers for many years afterward.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) makes products that utilities can use to minimize blackouts and electrical system damage. Founded in 1982 by Edmund O. Schweitzer III, SEL developed the world’s first digital protective relay two years later. Today, the company employs 3,600 people worldwide and manufactures an extensive range of power system protection, monitoring, control, communications and metering products for customers in nearly 150 countries.