Eyes on the grid – the sensor revolution
The New York Power Authority Is In The Vanguard Of Utilities Turning To Sophisticated Sensors To Better Understand Their Billions Of Dollars Of Grid Equipment…
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Data Privacy: A Secret Ingredient for Aspirational Energy Innovators
Data privacy is bubbling up across markets as a major issue to be faced. The DataGuard Initiative is aiming to be a source of support…
Situational awareness depends on weather forecasting for utilities
The phrase, “you don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing,” applies less and less these days. Between wildfires…
Using an analytics platform to build a bridge between grid and customer data
As many Utility Analytics Institute members are aware, and indeed are experiencing, utilities have historically had a very distinct wall between the siloes of customer…
The City of Austin wants to be zero-net-energy by 2050…here’s how
Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Karl Popham, Manager of electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies at Austin Energy. At the heart of one…
Are DER-heavy utilities being held captive by technology limitations?
The penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is growing rapidly. Forward looking utilities are engaged in planning exercises to learn how DERs will impact their…
Gas leaks are a massive headache for utilities—but analytics can help
With the gas explosion in San Bruno in 2010 came an uptick in public attention to the hazards of pipeline leaks. Regulators in several states…
Doing data science right in Excel-pervasive utilities (on demand)
[one_half] Tuesday, September 25th, 11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Clutter created by years of Excel usage is inescapable in the utility industry, as are its associated bad consequences.…
The future of power delivery
One word sums up all discussion of what the future grid will be — flexible. There is a great deal of speculation about what the…
JD Powers Customer Satisfaction leaders – what’s analytics have to do with it? Part 2 – outages
As we reported recently, the new JD Power’s J.D. Power 2018 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study is out and it is good news for utilities.…