The Colors of Hydrogen – Brown, Grey, Blue and Green – Think About It
Hydrogen is the latest buzz for meeting the world’s energy needs. It is another–and some say important–tool for meeting decarbonization goals. For utilities, hydrogen is
Category: Grid Analytics
Improving Asset Risk Mitigation by Making Data a Top Priority
Risk mitigation is the key reason to know the probability of failure of utility assets. Unfortunately, the utilities that know that best, are the ones
The Trouble with Tons – Tons of Image Data That is
PG&E recently received a CIO 100 Award for Excellence for its creative approach to wildfire risk. The utility applied machine learning to aerial images of
Leveraging Predictive Data Science to Optimize Vegetation Management
Managing vegetation and tree growth around power lines is an important responsibility that rests on the shoulders (and budgets) of utilities. It plays a critical
COVID-19: Two Use Cases for Analytics in Preparing for Reopening
As an essential industry, utilities have risen to the occasion by implementing pandemic plans to protect customers and workers while keeping the lights on. COVID-19
Know Your Trees – Storm Management
Getting better at storm-related outage prediction Utilities need to know the “ground truth” One of the utility’s primary missions is to minimize outage frequency and
The Fleets are Coming, The Fleets are Coming – Electric Trucks, That is
Amazon made big news last September when it announced a deal with well-funded startup Rivian[1] to deploy 100,000 medium-duty electric box trucks by 2030. There
California Wildfires: Snapshot of Utilities’ Mitigation Plans (Via T&D World)
Utilities shared their plans for wildfire mitigation at recent workshops organized by the California Public Utilities Commission. With the risk of wildfires increasing in
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
