Wescon

What Wescon does

Wescon is a privately-held international power automation and metering group founded in 1993, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with wholly-owned operating subsidiaries in the USA, China (Shanghai, the largest engineering and after-sales hub at 160+ employees), Hong Kong, and Canada. The company designs and manufactures an integrated portfolio of substation automation systems (PowerComm2000 PCS for high-voltage substations, PowerAGC2000 NCS for power plants), intelligent electronic devices and RTUs (D25 IED, D20 RTU, D200 SMU, UC630), metering hardware (WQ.MT860, WU.TE432, WG.MT/MD831 grid and energy meters; ACU Multicircuit Submeter), and a gateway server (MGS200) for unified data acquisition. Wescon's underlying technology stack — real-time Linux with interrupt-driven HAL, TDMA real-time networking with sub-millisecond precision, fault-tolerant computing architecture, P2C Dual Core processor architecture, and LogicLinx soft logic automation — supports protocol-rich integration (DNP3.0, Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101/104, IEC 61850, TCP/IP) and seamless integration with existing GE D20/D25/D400 SCADA systems. Revenue is generated almost entirely through direct hardware sales to electric utilities and commercial/industrial customers (notably CLP/CLPP and Hong Kong Electric via multi-year metering contracts), with pricing conducted via direct sales engagement rather than disclosed public pricing. The company markets through regional field-sales offices and corporate websites, holds ISO9001 certification (since 1999, renewed 2008), meets stringent quality requirements for nuclear plant substations in China, and provides a five-year worldwide product warranty.

Name

Wescon

Legal name

Wescon Technology Inc.

Website

https://wescongroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wescon is a privately-held international power automation and metering company founded in 1993, designing substation automation systems, RTUs, IEDs, and revenue-class energy meters for electric utilities and commercial/industrial customers across North America and Asia Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Power Automation and Metering

NAICS

Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (33531)

SIC

Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Quality, Metering & Monitoring (HDACAJAG)

Keywords

• Substation automation systems
• Power automation hardware
• Energy metering devices
• Intelligent electronic devices
• Remote terminal units

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Wescon generates revenue primarily from selling power automation hardware products including RTUs, IEDs, energy meters, gateway servers, and submeters to utility and industrial customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Wescon designs, manufactures and supports power automation and metering products sold to electric utilities, commercial customers and industrial operators. Offerings include substation control systems (PowerComm2000 PCS, PowerAGC2000 NCS), intelligent electronic devices and RTUs (D25 IED, D20 RTU, D200 SMU, UC630), energy meters (WQ.MT860, WU.TE432, WG.MT/MD831), the MGS200 Gateway Server, the Poreg2P Data Logger, and the ACU Multicircuit Submeter. Products are delivered through regional sales offices in the USA, China, Hong Kong, and Canada with engineering and after-sales support.

Product overview

Wescon offers an integrated portfolio of power automation and metering products for utilities, commercial, and industrial applications. The core platform consists of substation automation systems including PowerComm2000 (for high-voltage substations) and PowerAGC2000 (for power plants), complemented by intelligent electronic devices (D25 IED, D20 RTU, D200 SMU) and the UC630 distributed RTU. The metering suite includes the ACU Multicircuit Submeter, WQ.MT860 and WU.TE432 Grid Meters, and WG.MT/MD831 Energy Meters, with the MGS200 Gateway Server providing unified data acquisition and multi-protocol communication across all devices. The Poreg2P Data Logger extends energy monitoring to electricity, heat, and gas meters. These products work together as an integrated ecosystem for power monitoring, control, and automation, with support for multiple SCADA protocols and communication standards including DNP3.0, IEC 60870-5-101/104, Modbus, and integration with GE D20/D25/D400 systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PowerComm2000 Powerplant Control System (PCS) Substation control system designed for high voltage (500/220kv) substations, providing local HMI, PLC functions, IED monitoring, Digital Fault Record (DFR), and metering with support for up to 70 protocols and 42 communication ports. Sold to electric utilities for high-voltage substation automation.
• PowerAGC2000 Network Control System (NCS) Integrated substation control system for power plants, combining metering, control, and signaling, with main control level provided by redundant D200 SMU units and bay level control by D25 devices. Sold to electric utilities for power plant automation.
• D25 Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) Programmable logic controller, substation LAN node, IED gateway, bay level controller, power quality monitor, and fault/event recorder used in power plants, substation bay level control, distributed networks, and switching substations. Sold to utilities for substation automation.
• D20 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) Industry-leading RTU platform for substation automation, based on open-ended distributed architecture, providing monitoring, control, automation and communications for distribution substations to transmission stations. Sold to utilities for substation automation.
• D200 Substation Master Unit (SMU) Flexible server/gateway and remote communication controller platform for substation control systems, capable of handling expanded I/O point counts over 15,000 and connecting to up to 42 host systems and IEDs. Sold to utilities for substation control.
• UC630 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) Open architecture, distributed RTU with built-in RS232/RS485, Ethernet, and modem communications, featuring 32-bit processing power and soft PLC for bridging RTU and PLC with advanced power applications. Sold to utilities for substation automation.
• MGS200 Gateway Server Cutting-edge metering device enabling automatic data acquisition, storage, event alarm and multi-protocol communication, supporting up to 18 serial ports and 180 energy meters. Sold to utilities and commercial/industrial customers as a multi-protocol gateway for energy meters.
• ACU Multicircuit Submeter Flexible multi-circuit monitoring device for bus bars, feeders, switchgear, motors, generators and power distribution panels, with P2C Dual Core processor architecture, supporting up to 30 AC inputs per module and revenue class metering accuracy of ±0.5%. Sold to commercial and industrial customers for energy consumption monitoring.
• WQ.MT860 (0.2S) Grid Meter Multifunction precision energy meter for measurement of active energy, reactive energy in four quadrants, and apparent energy, with modular design offering a wide range of input/output and communication configurations and 0.2S accuracy class. Sold to utilities and industrial customers for grid metering.
• WU.TE432 (0.2S) Grid Meter Static transformer-operated energy meter with on-line metering data transfer, designed for active energy in two directions and reactive energy in four quadrants in 3- or 4-wire networks. Sold to utilities for grid metering.
• WG.MT/MD831 (0.5S) Energy Meter Industrial energy meter for customers and electric utilities, compliant with IEC 61036/IEC 60687 standards for active energy and IEC 61268 for reactive energy, supporting CT and VT connections. Sold to utilities and industrial customers for industrial metering.
• Poreg2P Data Logger Data acquisition device for electricity, heat or gas meters equipped with pulse output or RS485 serial interface, designed for data transfer to central stations for monitoring and billing. Sold to utilities for multi-utility metering.

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue class metering accuracy up to ±0.5%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GEcoreTechnology or IntegrationInternational cooperation partner. GE is a worldwide pioneer with 30 years' experience in substation and distribution automation.
• IskraemecocoreTechnology or IntegrationInternational cooperation partner. Iskraemeco is one of the leading world producers in the field of measuring and managing electric energy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• S&C Electric Company: Privately held US specialist in distribution automation, switching and substation controls with comparable product positioning to Wescon's UC630 and PowerComm2000, especially for utility distribution substations.
• Ingeteam: Spanish-headquartered supplier of substation automation, protection and power-plant control systems that competes with Wescon's PowerAGC2000 NCS and metering products in EMEA and Latin American utility markets.
• NR Electric: Chinese substation-automation vendor offering protection relays, RTUs and bay controllers that compete directly with Wescon's PowerComm2000 and D25 IED in PRC utility tenders, including nuclear and UHV projects.
• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL): Privately held specialist in protection relays, IEDs and substation automation that competes head-to-head with Wescon's D25 IED and D20 RTU in utility and industrial substation bids, with a similar engineering-driven, owner-led culture.

Broad incumbents

• GE Vernova / GE Grid Solutions: Owner of the legacy D20/D25/D400 SCADA platforms that Wescon explicitly integrates with. GE is both Wescon's deepest integration partner and its largest potential competitor in substation automation.
• Schneider Electric: Markets Easergy T300, PowerLogic and EcoStruxure substation-automation portfolios overlapping with Wescon's metering and substation-monitoring product lines, with much broader commercial-industrial reach.
• ABB: Global incumbent in substation automation, RTUs, IEDs and SCADA (e.g., RTU500, RELION, MicroSCADA). Wescon's D20/D200 and PowerComm2000 compete for the same utility bay-control and substation-master slots that ABB has historically dominated, and several Wescon executives came from ABB-SC.
• Siemens: Sells SICAM substation automation, RTUs, IEDs (SIPROTEC) and grid software directly comparable to Wescon's PowerComm2000, D25 IED and D200 SMU offerings, with much greater global reach and a deeper digital-substation roadmap.

Emerging players

• Arteche: Spanish manufacturer of instrument transformers and substation-automation devices (including metering) with growing overlap to Wescon's grid-meter and substation-monitoring portfolio.
• NovaTech Automation: Niche US supplier of RTU, IED and SCADA-engineering services that competes with Wescon's D20 RTU/UC630 distributed-RTU products in North American utility and industrial retrofits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wescon-technology-inc.

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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