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The Single Most Important Investment Needed for EV Initiative Success

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…

Abhay GuptaNovember 12, 2021

Technology Strategy

How to Handle the Load: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Utilizes Analytics to Identify System Line Losses and Reduce Costs

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…

Eugene Hamrick, Carol BogaczNovember 10, 2021

Technology Strategy

Making a Business Case for More Intelligence at the Grid Edge

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.…

Tim DriscollSeptember 10, 2021

Technology Strategy

Guard Your Data, but Don’t Imprison It: The Benefits of Data Openness for Utilities

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…

Petri RauhakallioSeptember 1, 2021

Uncategorized Strategy Technology

Digital Asset Management Strategies Can Address Rising Infrastructure Challenges

A comprehensive digital transformation plan can help asset managers develop data-driven, risk-informed asset management strategies. Disruptive trends in the power sector can complicate transmission and distribution (T&D) asset management. But a comprehensive digital transformation plan can help asset…

Jian WeiAugust 30, 2021

Uncategorized Strategy

What is a Data Fabric and How Does it Complement my Data Warehouse?

Connecting DWH to advanced analytics at scale requires a data fabric, not just data availability. For industrial companies, the path to ultimate value from data liberation requires three crucial steps. Many organizations have already achieved step one: liberating…

Gabe PradoAugust 24, 2021

Strategy Uncategorized

The Benefits of Data and Analytics Training

Workforce training and development result in more engaged, motivated, and satisfied employees. Utilities should be investing in these areas to remain competitive. Utilities are becoming increasingly digital entities—leveraging data and analytics to make operational decisions. As they learn…

Sandi JoralemonAugust 9, 2021

Customer Strategy

Consumers Energy Entire Customer Journey — Executive Summary

Consumers Energy presented for UAI's July Customer Analytics Community Conversation on creating a process of continuous improvement for retail products and services. Consumers Energy recently lead the July Customer Analytics Community Conversation, which featured a presentation by Francisco…

Sandi JoralemonAugust 2, 2021

Strategy Technology

How Connected Buildings are Re-energizing the Grid

Flexible energy platforms use artificial intelligence, cloud and blockchain to help manage renewable energy usage. On May 11, the Biden administration approved the Vineyard Wind project, a major wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts capable of powering 400,000 homes…

Tom FarreJune 17, 2021

Technology Strategy

Utilities May Be Key in Broadband Expansion to Underserved Areas

As broadband service rolls out to rural America and to other remote and underserved areas, it is increasingly clear that utilities will have important roles to play. Municipal, cooperative and investor-owned utilities all will have opportunities to be…

Tony TarvinJune 15, 2021

Grid Strategy Technology

Growing Analytics to Meet Current and Future Needs: NYPA’s Approach

NYPA is committed to becoming an end-to-end digital utility. At UA Summit 2021 they laid out how they developed their data analytics strategy, process, and architecture. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has taken a disciplined approach to…

Jill FeblowitzMay 26, 2021

Technology Strategy

Three Things to Know About Power System Flexibility

Utilities in the United States have increasingly recognized the many benefits of power system flexibility and are developing their own services. Flexibility market development has been fastest in Europe I have been writing about the development of power…

Stuart RavensMay 13, 2021