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Technology Customer Grid

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 operations and grid operations. Within each of these siloes were systems, data, processes,…

Mike SmithSeptember 27, 2018

Technology Grid

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 business. Concerned utilities want to understand the impact of DERs on revenue (minus…

Jill FeblowitzSeptember 20, 2018

Three areas that should not be overlooked in prepping for this year’s storm season

Nothing can make or break a utility like a storm. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season that devastated Texas, Florida, Georgia, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, was a sobering experience. Many lessons were learned that are guiding efforts to…

Sandi JoralemonSeptember 11, 2018

Grid Technology

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 electric power grid will look like in the next 10 to 20 years.…

Gene WolfAugust 28, 2018

Customer Grid

Getting the pulse of your customers

T&D World's Rick Bush ponders the changing utility business since his time at Georgia Power. I once had the privilege of serving as the chairman of a Georgia Power committee to see how we might better serve our…

Richard BushAugust 23, 2018

Customer Grid Strategy Technology

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. For the seventh consecutive year, customer satisfaction is up, which JD Powers believes…

Jill FeblowitzAugust 21, 2018

Grid

Using Data is Key to Grid Development

Information Can Heighten Grid Security, Top Government And Utility Leaders Tell Icons Of Infrastructure Washington Conference. The public and private sectors are increasingly focused on using analytics to make the nation’s electrical grid more secure. “We’re looking at…

Carl WinfieldAugust 1, 2018

Customer Grid

Deploying Analytics as EV Penetration Increases

There is no question that the pace of EV adoption is quickening, and analytics are more important than ever for utilities to accommodate that growth. Once a niche product, EVs are coming into the mainstream. In the United…

Jill FeblowitzJuly 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

Grid Strategy

Optimizing Your Grid of the Future Means Optimizing Your Data

Each month, UAI members gather to discuss the role of data analytics in grid optimization. This is a report out of recent discussions. It’s not 2008 anymore, but there is something in the air in terms of utilities…

Sandi JoralemonJune 20, 2018

Grid Strategy Technology

Assuring Reliability in an Evolving Utility Landscape

The electric grid as we know it is changing. The generating resource mix is shifting with the retirement of natural gas, coal and nuclear plants combined with the introduction of renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar…

Ryan D. QuintJune 4, 2018

Grid Strategy Technology

Show me the Money—High-Profile for Advanced Analytics in Utility Project Finance

Advanced analytics will likely play a front-and-center role in the majority of goals associated with a drive toward operational excellence which American Electric Power highlighted in a recent publicly-available presentation to a major investment bank. Well-prioritized advanced analytics…

Peter ManosMay 9, 2018