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Reducing Bad Debt & Collection Costs with Predictive Analytics: Part 2

Scrying, the act of staring into reflective surfaces like crystal balls to see the future, can be traced back to the Medieval Period in central Europe (between 500 – 1500 AD). Thanks to predictive analytics, it is being…

Vanessa EdmondsDecember 11, 2019

Customer Grid Strategy Technology

Top Analytics Trends and Use Cases Showcased at Utility Analytics Week 2019

Overall utility industry analytics maturity has increased substantially when compared to the first Utility Analytics Week nine years ago. This year’s presentations covered the use of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), deep learning…

Kim GaddyNovember 1, 2019

Asset & Workforce Strategy

PPL and AI: The Journey to ‘Data-Driven’

PPL Electric Utilities recognized early on that data – and the compelling ways it could be put to use – would play a major role in its becoming a “utility of the future” and delivering on its mandate…

Dan MeesOctober 10, 2019

Customer Strategy

A Team Approach to Utility Customer Journey Orchestration

Journey orchestration at its best includes planning and coordination of elements of an activity to produce the desired outcome. Here’s an example: A man by the name of Robert Cass is raising money for athletes with special needs…

Vanessa EdmondsOctober 3, 2019

Strategy Technology

Don’t let Smart Contracts Outsmart You: A Legal Perspective

Leonard Tillman is a partner in Balch & Bingham LLP’s energy practice In the future, Smart Contracts utilizing blockchain are expected to autonomously enable billions of transactions among power producers and transporters, consumers, vendors, service providers and even…

Leonard TillmanSeptember 11, 2019

Strategy

The shifting role of the CEO in an era of digital transformation – interview with Tom Siebel part 2

When most people think about a democracy versus a dictatorship, they distill it down to collaboration among people, or lack thereof. CEOs who use a dictatorial style of leadership believe that they are the only person who possesses…

Vanessa EdmondsAugust 22, 2019

Grid Strategy Technology

CapX2020 utilities to study transmission grid’s ability to support ambitious carbon reduction goals

Upper Midwest regional utilities are embarking on a cross-state effort to establish a transmission investment approach. Midwest consortium CapX2020 utilities announced yesterday that they will study the Upper Midwest transmission network to identify system improvements and infrastructure upgrades…

Lauren CallawayAugust 20, 2019

Strategy Technology

Tom Siebel’s data-driven approach to digital transformation: part 1

Tom Siebel, CEO of C3.ai, weighs in on a data-driven, strategy-first approach. “Putting the cart before the horse”, a cliché’ we inherited from the Greeks, means that the action that should come second is prioritized first. This approach…

Vanessa EdmondsAugust 8, 2019

Grid Strategy

Grid Analytics: Good or Great?

To thrive in the grid of the future, we must leverage analytics to move from good to great. As a kid growing up in Wyoming, I played every sport and, being from a small town, was considered good…

Mark JohnsonJune 26, 2019

Strategy

Using data to weigh the pros and cons of performance-based rates

Utilities are relying more on data to minimize the risk of taking on new rate structures. Performance-based regulation (PBR) has been in the news, with Nevada approving legislation calling for a PBR process. Hawaii just approved a Phase…

Jill FeblowitzJune 18, 2019

Strategy

Eight deadly sins of analytics to avoid

Industry consultant Mark Konya weighs in on eight critical factors for analytics. Mark J. Konya, P.E. The contemporary view of deadly sins originated from the works of 4th-century monk Evagrius Ponticus; the eight “vices” he advanced include: gluttony,…

Mark Konya, P.E.May 23, 2019

Customer Grid Strategy Technology

Oregon utilities poised to sink or swim with new electric transportation rule

How utilities adopt the new rule will depend on their ability to integrate and analyze electric vehicle, transportation, grid, and customer data. In mid-April, Oregon regulators adopted a new rule to compel utilities in that state to increase…

Lauren CallawayMay 3, 2019

Strategy

Reducing Bad Debt & Collection Costs with Predictive Analytics: Part 2

Top Analytics Trends and Use Cases Showcased at Utility Analytics Week 2019

PPL and AI: The Journey to ‘Data-Driven’

A Team Approach to Utility Customer Journey Orchestration

Don’t let Smart Contracts Outsmart You: A Legal Perspective

The shifting role of the CEO in an era of digital transformation – interview with Tom Siebel part 2

CapX2020 utilities to study transmission grid’s ability to support ambitious carbon reduction goals

Tom Siebel’s data-driven approach to digital transformation: part 1

Grid Analytics: Good or Great?

Using data to weigh the pros and cons of performance-based rates

Eight deadly sins of analytics to avoid

Oregon utilities poised to sink or swim with new electric transportation rule

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