Entergy's Andy Quick uses UA Summit 2022 keynote to talk about launching and sustaining a successful analytics function. May 11, 2022, New Orleans – Andy Quick, vice president of business data & insights kicked off Day 2 of…
Instead of filling up gasoline- and diesel-powered cars, more U.S. drivers are opting to plug in electric vehicles (EVs). According to the International Energy Agency, more than 10 million EVs are in use globally, which represents 1% of…
Every organization requires attention to data governance, which affects every part of the engineering and operations chain, from start to finish. Utility companies frequently rely on digital tools to help make operational decisions, meet regulatory requirements, plan capital…
A clear definition for digital assets is critical to realizing their full potential and value. “We have a lot of data, but we still don’t have a lot of information.” If this sounds familiar, you’re far from alone.…
Limiting GIS use to a digital replacement of paper maps is a profound underutilization—a lost advantage to address a challenging environment. Overcoming the challenges that utilities face today seems overwhelming at times. Yet, utility issues and solutions all…
Inaccurate DER and electrification growth forecasts can have significant impacts on capital and operating costs as well as on the ROI in DER growth. Numerous entities are engaged with the distributed energy resources (DER) and electrification markets, primarily…
“The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control over the outcome.”—Peter L. Bernstein, Against the Gods: The Remarkable…
Enabling millions of diverse DERs to participate in the wholesale market without deteriorating the reliability of the distribution system by using dynamic operating envelopes. The approval of Order 2222 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has generated…
No area of operations reveals the risk of failure to transform AMI data into actionable insights more strikingly than transportation electrification. A 2020 Consumer Reports survey found that more than 70 percent of U.S. drivers would consider buying…
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative worked with Burns & McDonnell to simulate load flows in order to develop a digital model that would assist in understanding the correlations between loading, load flow and losses within the system. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative…
Grid edge intelligence empowers business transformation, evolves distribution grid operations, enhances customer experience. The future of our modern grid is dependent on leveraging more distributed intelligence (DI) at the grid edge to help manage growth, stability, and safety.…
The most valuable utility of tomorrow will be the one that knows how to guard its data while simultaneously pursuing the benefits of data openness. After decades of only having to think in terms of physical assets, utilities…