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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Utility planners can drive big ROIs by using more detailed data to reveal the best area for improvement when it comes to responding to smaller day-to-day outages. A review of a wide range of recent OMS-related improvements clearly…
Peter ManosApril 10, 2018
What will be required for Distributed Energy Resource Management System solutions to model and control increasingly complex grids and asset portfolios? Recent work by Sameer Kalra and his colleagues at Pacific Gas & Electric provides a sense of…
Peter ManosApril 4, 2018
As the members of UAI climb up the maturity curve and share their success around using analytics in their business, there are still road bumps ahead. I recently read an article related to machine learning, “The machine learning…
Peter ManosApril 3, 2018
