eBooks Archives - Utility Analytics Institute

Customer Sponsored Technology

The Year of Utility Transformation: Becoming Energy Resilient, Dynamic Energy Providers Through AI

Throughout a year of unprecedented change in 2020, utilities have been committed to developing energy resilience through innovation. While resilience is often thought of only in a grid capacity, this year has seen a fundamental shift in which…

Abhay Gupta - CEO, BidgelyNovember 9, 2020

Utility leader Southern Company uses SAS to better manage COVID-driven fluctuations and keep operations steady

Southern Company is recognized as a bellwether utility in the United States and around the world. This leadership position is owed not just to its size – it’s operating companies serve over nine million electric and gas customers,…

Mike F. Smith & Laura Brumley, SASNovember 3, 2020

Asset & Workforce Grid Sponsored Technology

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 that have had one or more catastrophic asset failures that jeopardized the safety…

Caitlin Frank, Adrian Larreal (Manager), and Debra Henderson (Principal Consultant)October 21, 2020

eBooks Technology

Making AI Work – An NREL “How-to” Guide for Utilities

Utilities have seen the evidence; there is real value in using artificial intelligence (AI) to solve business problems. Artificial intelligence - encompassing machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing and image processing - has been successfully applied to…

Jill FeblowitzSeptember 1, 2020

COVID-19 Lockdowns Demonstrate How AI Reveals Energy Shift Causation for Utilities

Across the board utilities are seeing extreme shifts in energy demand due to COVID-19 lockdown orders, particularly increases in residential consumption. The unpredictability of energy demand makes it hard to manage the grid, so the more utilities can…

Abhay Gupta - CEO and Founder, BidgelyJune 29, 2020

Asset & Workforce Sponsored Strategy

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 role in fire hazard mitigation, and ensures the reliability of the grid, but…

Matt Burks - Chief Strategy Officer, E SourceJune 2, 2020

Enterprise Analytics for Optimizing & Personalizing Utility Programs

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is becoming ubiquitous throughout the utility industry, providing many sources of value for both utilities and ratepayers as utilities unlock previously unavailable insights to help customers understand their consumption and use that information to…

Abhay Gupta - CEO and Founder, BidgelyMarch 10, 2020

An Interview with SAS Founder & CEO, Dr. Goodnight

SAS' Founder and CEO Dr. Goodnight weighs in on analytics in the energy and utilities industry. SAS has its roots in the energy and utilities industry. Can you provide an overview of how analytics has evolved since…

Mike Smith - Principal Industry Consultant (SAS)February 10, 2020

Hyper-Personalization That Drives Enterprise Analytics, Customer Experience, and New Business Model

Hyper-personalization drives enterprise analytics Bidgely UtilityAI™ is the energy industry's only AI-powered Platform for Hyper-Personalization. Read this guide to learn more! Bidgely UtilityAI™ is the energy industry's only AI-powered Platform for Hyper-Personalization. UtilityAI delivers actionable insights for every…

BidgelyJanuary 14, 2020

Applying metering analytics to common distribution challenges

Meter data improves visibility into the edge of the electric system, directly impacting a wide range of utility operations. Distribution utilities have installed millions of smart grid devices, creating an unprecedented amount of data available for analysis. The…

Frederic DuboisMarch 22, 2019

On-Demand: The End of Worst-case Distribution Planning: Forecasting the DER Future

Traditional utility planning is based around static, worst-case analyses of system conditions. To effectively integrate distributed energy resources (DERs) into distribution planning and make the best use of distribution assets, many utilities are implementing scenario-based planning processes that…

Lauren CallawayMarch 7, 2019

Enhancing Analytics Success with Data Governance and Integration: Common Mistakes and Best Practices

Most utility executives and upper-level management cannot go a day without hearing from a vendor about how machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize the utility industry. The truth is, these technologies are already revolutionizing operations and…

Lauren CallawayFebruary 1, 2019

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