Andy Kapp, lead enterprise architect at Evergy, discusses how the right approach to technology can help to create an analytics culture. What types of benefits and ROI has your utility observed from adopting analytics? A data driven culture,…
Andy KappJuly 2, 2018
Jen Owens of Pacific Gas & Electric's Digital Catalyst Group discusses how agile product development teams at PG&E have developed tools to optimize asset management via data science and advanced analytics. How did your agile product development team…
Peter ManosJune 28, 2018
It’s undeniable - analytics provide utilities with opportunities to realize significant cost savings in work and asset functions. Additionally, improvements in network reliability, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction and safety can be achieved. Obtaining these benefits requires a focused…
Lauren CallawayJune 27, 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…
Lauren CallawayJune 20, 2018
The energy industry is evolving at a rapid speed, and utilities are embracing data and analytics to counter challenges and create new opportunities. But, with their unique regulatory structure and the complexity of managing energy resources, utilities have…
Lauren CallawayJune 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
Data Privacy is top of mind across markets, due in part to the mandatory implementation of GDPR to all companies that do business within the European Union, in addition to the accumulation of headlines involving high-profile privacy violations (Red…
Lauren CallawayMay 24, 2018
Integrating Analytics to Drive Customer Value and Operational Excellence While many utilities understand that the analytics discipline offers many benefits, crafting an actionable analytics strategy has proven more difficult. In this session, Joe Tellez and Andrew Braeger of…
Lauren CallawayMay 22, 2018
Some folks may be surprised to learn that a utility with millions of customers could have a 100% accurate billing system which associates each customer address correctly with each meter, while having a much less accurate mapping of…
Peter ManosMay 22, 2018
Utility analytics and I have had a very long, sometimes frustrating, sometimes rewarding relationship. Having started as a SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) market analyst nearly three decades ago, and SCADA being arguably an early version of…
Mike SmithMay 18, 2018
Last month at the Utility Analytics Summit, four data scientists provided examples and realistic perspective on how they’ve optimized model-building for their internal customers at Southern California Edison (SCE). Two key aspects of model-building emphasized by the SCE…
Peter ManosMay 16, 2018
What unexpected synergistic benefits will be created, based on the announcement this week that California plans to have solar photovoltaic panels installed on 100% of new homes in the state? The announcement represents a tremendous vote of confidence…
Peter ManosMay 14, 2018