Software Enhances Operational Performance of Transformers (Via T&D World)
ABB Power Grids recently launched its Asset Performance Management Edge solution for power transformers. ABB’s Power Grids business has launched its APM Edge solution…
Category: Grid
Wisely Managing Vegetation at the Distribution Level
Ever since the 2003 blackout, vegetation management has improved, largely due to FERC regulation. Still, improvement has been mostly in transmission. The “last mile” of…
Artificial Intelligence: Smart(er) Front and Back Office Energy Operations
The use of AI in energy operations has picked up the pace in recent years and is now moving beyond back office automation It’s no…
What Deep Learning Can Teach Utilities
How Duke Energy is gaining insight from self-organizing maps, a form of deep learning. Duke Energy has a reputation for deploying analytics to solve business…
Top Analytics Trends and Use Cases Showcased at Utility Analytics Week 2019
Overall utility industry analytics maturity has increased substantially when compared to the first Utility Analytics Week nine years ago. This year’s presentations covered the use…
Is Your Utility Ready for Smart Inverters?
Smart inverters are getting more attention these days with utilities looking to mitigate voltage instability and variability on the system brought forth by distributed energy…
CapX2020 utilities to study transmission grid’s ability to support ambitious carbon reduction goals
Upper Midwest regional utilities are embarking on a cross-state effort to establish a transmission investment approach. Midwest consortium CapX2020 utilities announced yesterday that they will…
Outage data is everywhere
Social media and nontraditional data sets create transparency of when, why and where major grid events occur. In the fall of 2018, with a new…
Oracle customers testing analytics solutions for EV adoption and integration
Oracle is ramping up investment in analytics-based products and services to facilitate smoother utility operations alongside booming EV adoption. Oracle recently announced that the company…
A virtual environment with AI-powered digitization
AI-powered technologies are transforming business models, value streams, and revenue opportunities throughout the electric power industry. The prime directive for the “Charging Ahead” department at T&D…