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…
Lauren CallawayJune 20, 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
With wind power now exceeding hydro power as the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., variations in intermittency of different sources of renewable energy are driving ever-more complex analytics requirements which need to be addressed now…
Peter ManosFebruary 22, 2018
Shweta Mathur is the Head of Group, Business Relations & Analytics, of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL). TPDDL is a Public Private Partnership (Joint Venture) of Tata Power and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. The …
Lauren CallawayFebruary 20, 2018
Hurricane Harvey was a record-breaking storm inundating southeast Texas with 51.88 inches of rainfall, breaking the single-storm record of 48 inches set in 1978. The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph at landfall. There were more…
Lauren CallawayJanuary 22, 2018
Raiford Smith, VP of Energy Technologies at Entergy, shares advice to new utility players in the analytics game, and how to turn expectations into value. If you have read the classic novel Great Expectations, you will realize that plot…
Raiford SmithJanuary 2, 2018
The Utility Analytics Institute conducted a research study sponsored by ABB to assess how far the utility industry has progressed in its evolution toward a smart grid and maturation of smart grid analytics. The Current State of Smart…
Lauren CallawaySeptember 21, 2017
I had the following interesting discussion regarding analytics trends with Raiford Smith, VP of Energy Technology and Analytics at Entergy. Raiford brings more than 26 years of industry experience with strategies and innovations related to supply- and demand-side…
Peter ManosSeptember 13, 2017
