Vanessa Edmonds, Author at Utility Analytics Institute

Customer

Customer journey analytics for payment arrangements

Consider this scenario: your utility notices that there was a high volume of calls to make payment arrangements for residential customers in the months immediately following high bill season. Analysis of the calls by disposition code reveals a…

Vanessa EdmondsJune 13, 2019

Grid Technology

DER control with grid edge analytics

Entergy creates new approaches to better manage the grid that involve more distributed energy resources. Today, approximately 120 megawatts of customer-owned distributed energy resources, almost all rooftop photovoltaic systems, are spread out over 20,000 connections at various customer…

S. Cat Wong, Wade P. MalcolmJune 11, 2019

Technology

We updated our analytics architecture competitive landscape!

Stay posted for quarterly updates! Big data and analytics are transforming the public utility sector with advances in storage, computing power, applications, and connectivity. Utilities can gather and analyze greater amounts of data faster and cheaper than in…

Lauren CallawayJune 6, 2019

Grid

Utilities collaborate on open-source software

Avista Utilities and Duke Energy partner to create an energy operating system available to the entire utility industry. The electric utility industry is increasingly challenged by external drivers such as regulatory obligations and mandates as well as competitors…

Curtis Kirkeby, Stuart Laval June 5, 2019

Grid Technology

Austin Energy and others moving closer to V2G

Austin Energy wants to understand V2G; so should you. Austin Energy (AE) recently announced that it will work with the Pecan Street project to test Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology, adding to an increasing number of V2G pilots…

Jill FeblowitzMay 28, 2019

Strategy

Eight deadly sins of analytics to avoid

Industry consultant Mark Konya weighs in on eight critical factors for analytics. Mark J. Konya, P.E. The contemporary view of deadly sins originated from the works of 4th-century monk Evagrius Ponticus; the eight “vices” he advanced include: gluttony,…

Mark Konya, P.E.May 23, 2019

Customer Uncategorized

Home automation: using data to deliver value propositions that work

From discovering new sources of revenue to data collection and analysis that lead to customer experience, becoming an integral part of the smart home value chain makes good business sense for utilities. But as explained here, utilities are…

Vanessa EdmondsMay 22, 2019

Customer

How can utilities break into the home automation device market?

The global Smart Home Energy Management Device Market is budding. According to Market Research Future, it is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 18% during the forecast period of 2017-2023. Utilities that want in and are…

Vanessa EdmondsMay 16, 2019

Grid Technology

EPRI identifies impacts, solutions for EMP effects on grid

Three-year EPRI study indicates a cost-effective path to enhance the resilience of the electric grid. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released findings from its three-year study of the potential impacts of high-altitude electromagnetic pulses (EMP) on the…

UAI Content TeamMay 14, 2019

Customer Grid Strategy Technology

Oregon utilities poised to sink or swim with new electric transportation rule

How utilities adopt the new rule will depend on their ability to integrate and analyze electric vehicle, transportation, grid, and customer data. In mid-April, Oregon regulators adopted a new rule to compel utilities in that state to increase…

Lauren CallawayMay 3, 2019

Strategy Technology

Utilities opt to use cloud-based analytics, despite lack of monetary incentives

It’s been over two and a half years since NARUC passed a resolution encouraging state public utility commissions to “consider whether cloud computing and on-premise solutions should receive similar regulatory accounting treatment, in that both would be eligible…

Jill FeblowitzMay 1, 2019

Technology

How utilities are really using machine learning and artificial intelligence

Want to see how utilities are actually solving problems with AI? Come to Utility Analytics Summit. Artificial intelligence has erupted across markets, promising organizations the capability to transform and optimize the business. Defined, artificial intelligence is the “development…

Lauren CallawayApril 24, 2019

Vanessa Edmonds

Customer journey analytics for payment arrangements

DER control with grid edge analytics

We updated our analytics architecture competitive landscape!

Utilities collaborate on open-source software

Austin Energy and others moving closer to V2G

Eight deadly sins of analytics to avoid

Home automation: using data to deliver value propositions that work

How can utilities break into the home automation device market?

EPRI identifies impacts, solutions for EMP effects on grid

Oregon utilities poised to sink or swim with new electric transportation rule

Utilities opt to use cloud-based analytics, despite lack of monetary incentives

How utilities are really using machine learning and artificial intelligence

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