Founded in 1974, AES Corporation [Massachusetts] designs and manufactures wireless data communications networks which connect electrical devices and meters to the Internet in real time. The two-way AES-IntelliNet system eliminates the high cost of telephone, cellular, and Ethernet connections by deploying a network of wireless routers at metering and monitoring sites. Each router acts as a repeater for others in the network. An IP Link at one or more places in the wireless network concentrates data and ties into the Internet.

Commercial & Industrial accounts scattered throughout a metro area use AES-IntelliNet for viewing and monitoring 15 minute interval data on the Internet and for exchanging real time data with their business partners in the supply chain or for remote demand management. Real time, Internet based energy data improves profit by facilitating energy trading, energy hedging, aggregation, peak load shaving, Time Of Use systems, and energy optimization. Real time interval data is also valuable for managing stand-by generation, distributed generation, settlement, and remote monitoring of power quality.