Geospatial Identification of Disadvantaged Communities – A Decision Support Strategy
One of the most common questions utility clients ask is, “How can we identify our disadvantaged customers and tailor our services to meet their unique…
Category: Technology
Change Management: Preparing Your Teams for the Grid of the Future
Change has become the new normal in the utilities industry. The following trends are rampant. Rapid growth in renewable energy sources. An uptick in climate-related…
Turning Behind-the-Meter DERs into Grid Assets: Opportunities, Challenges and Principles for Success
Due to advances in technology, the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) landscape is rapidly evolving in terms of price, performance and resulting adoption. Adoption is growing…
Is Your Data Use Reflecting Your Organizational Truth?
Four steps to enterprise data management for climate-challenged utilities From megadroughts to rapidly intensifying hurricanes, tornado outbreaks and record-breaking temperatures, our public infrastructure is being…
A Dual Benefit: How GPU-Accelerated Analytics Solves Challenges for Utility Asset Management and Climate Change at the Same Time
Utilities can combat climate change while enhancing their own service operations and bottom line by leveraging data from graphics processing unit (GPU) systems for next-generation…
AMI – Advanced Analytics Opportunities
To be successful today, utilities should implement transformative customer-facing and grid-facing initiatives using advanced analytics on AMI data. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), commonly called Smart…
Start your Analytics Journey with LiDAR
For utilities that are just commencing their analytics journeys, LiDAR is the gateway drug to the world of data-driven, high-efficiency decision-making. Light Detecting And Ranging…
The Journey to Reliable Data: Essential Steps in Data Governance to Improve the Bottom Line
Every organization requires attention to data governance, which affects every part of the engineering and operations chain, from start to finish. Utility companies frequently rely…
Demystifying the Digital Twin. Time to Rethink the Definition?
A clear definition for digital assets is critical to realizing their full potential and value. “We have a lot of data, but we still don’t…
Devouring Underutilized Data with Spatial Analytics
Limiting GIS use to a digital replacement of paper maps is a profound underutilization—a lost advantage to address a challenging environment. Overcoming the challenges that…