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Asset & Workforce Technology

It’s twelve o’clock, do you know where your unhealthy transformers are?

Let’s face it. The utility industry is asset-intensive. Even with disruptions to centralized supply and delivery models, there will still be physical assets to maintain. Over the last three decades, asset management practices have evolved from routine maintenance…

Jill FeblowitzJanuary 24, 2019

Asset & Workforce

Predictive maintenance improves asset efficiency for the energy industry

Predictive maintenance growth in North American markets a result of high potential for ROI and operational benefits. Equipment manufacturers, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, and power and process plant owners and operators for the energy industry commonly…

Dr. Sean OttoDecember 18, 2018

Grid Asset & Workforce Customer

New uses of smart meter data are coming to utilities

It is that time again. FERC just published a paper that has been on my night stand every year at this time since 2006: the Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering. The original economic justification for smart…

Jill FeblowitzNovember 28, 2018

Utilities’ staff can focus on high-value activity with digital monitoring & diagnostics

Organizations such as utilities that manage complex assets often become aware of problems only after significant damage or failures occur on those assets. This reactive approach to asset management leads to avoidable productivity loss, downtime and expensive repairs.…

Matt KircherOctober 16, 2018

Customer Asset & Workforce

Hurricane Florence: storm social media snapshot

As mutual assistance crews hit the road for the Carolinas, many companies tracked their progress on social media. Not that long ago, when linemen were deployed out on storms, they didn't have smart phones or social media at…

Amy FischbachSeptember 14, 2018

Webinars Asset & Workforce Customer

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Outage Management Systems at Florida Power & Light

Thursday, August 16th at 1:00pm EDT Over 50,000 times a year, Florida Power & Light’s field crew is deployed to respond to customer-reported outages. Beginning in 2016, FPL began building systems that analyze smart grid data for active…

Lauren CallawayJuly 17, 2018

Technology Asset & Workforce Grid

Advancing Risk-Based Posture through Platform Alignment: NERC’s ERO Enterprise CMEP Technology Project

Stan Hoptroff, VP, CTO, and Director of Information Technology at the North American Electric Reliability Council, discusses the use of NERC's ERO Enterprise CMEP technology to streamline compliance monitoring and reduce risk. Maintaining reliability across the bulk power system…

Stan HoptroffJuly 5, 2018

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

PG&E’s Agile Asset Analytics Teamwork

Jen Owens of Pacific Gas & Electric's Digital Catalyst Group discusses how agile product development teams at PG&E have developed tools to optimize asset management via data science and advanced analytics. How did your agile product development team…

Peter ManosJune 28, 2018

Webinars Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Data: The Renewable Resource for Digital Reinvention

It’s undeniable - analytics provide utilities with opportunities to realize significant cost savings in work and asset functions. Additionally, improvements in network reliability, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction and safety can be achieved. Obtaining these benefits requires a focused…

Lauren CallawayJune 27, 2018

Asset & Workforce

Ameren Loss Analysis

Increasing use of distributed energy resources drives development of real-time system loss analysis. Whether a utility generates its own power or buys power on the wholesale market, one certainty is the amount of electricity the utility puts into…

Kieth P. HockApril 3, 2018

Asset & Workforce

Meeting New Challenges with Advancements in Asset Analytics

Advanced analytics is enabling utilities to extract new value from operational and sensor data in diverse ways, helping to counter new financial, regulatory, and environmental challenges. Workflows impacted include assessing failure modes, developing algorithms to predict failures, and…

Peter ManosMarch 12, 2018

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Oncor’s Journey to An Advanced Distribution Grid

Hagen Haentsch serves as Director of Oncor’s Distribution Operations Center – West (West DOC). His organization is responsible for monitoring and operating the Western half of Oncor’s distribution system, which serves approximately 3.5 million customers. In this capacity…

Lauren CallawayFebruary 26, 2018