Grid Technology

Analytics experts converge in Orlando

There’s little doubt that today’s utilities have entered the age of Big Data — and Big Analytics. From customer experience ratings to SAIDI and CAIDI numbers, from equipment operations data to weather metrics, most if not all utilities…

James DukartNovember 1, 2018

Strategy Technology

Utilities are getting nimble with analytics start-up investments and partnerships

Demanding times call for innovation and utilities have responded by getting involved. Traditionally risk averse, utilities now recognize that they can learn from companies that are born of a culture of fail fast, learn and move on. Active…

Jill FeblowitzOctober 30, 2018

Grid Technology

Eyes on the grid – the sensor revolution

The New York Power Authority Is In The Vanguard Of Utilities Turning To Sophisticated Sensors To Better Understand Their Billions Of Dollars Of Grid Equipment – And Provide For More Resilient Electric Service. A vast multiplication of sensors…

Marty RosenbergOctober 18, 2018

Strategy Technology

Data Privacy: A Secret Ingredient for Aspirational Energy Innovators

Data privacy is bubbling up across markets as a major issue to be faced. The DataGuard Initiative is aiming to be a source of support for utilities. When widespread furor erupted over FaceBook and Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized uses…

Judith SchwartzOctober 5, 2018

Grid Technology

Situational awareness depends on weather forecasting for utilities

The phrase, “you don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing,” applies less and less these days. Between wildfires in California and flooding in the Carolina’s, utilities have been on high alert.…

Jill FeblowitzOctober 2, 2018

Customer Grid Technology

Using an analytics platform to build a bridge between grid and customer data

As many Utility Analytics Institute members are aware, and indeed are experiencing, utilities have historically had a very distinct wall between the siloes of customer operations and grid operations. Within each of these siloes were systems, data, processes,…

Mike SmithSeptember 27, 2018

Technology

The City of Austin wants to be zero-net-energy by 2050…here’s how

Karl Popham, Manager of Electric Vehicles and Emerging Technology at Austin Energy Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Karl Popham, Manager of electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies at Austin Energy. At the heart of one of…

Lauren CallawaySeptember 26, 2018

Grid Technology

Are DER-heavy utilities being held captive by technology limitations?

The penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is growing rapidly. Forward looking utilities are engaged in planning exercises to learn how DERs will impact their business. Concerned utilities want to understand the impact of DERs on revenue (minus…

Jill FeblowitzSeptember 20, 2018

Technology

Gas leaks are a massive headache for utilities—but analytics can help

With the gas explosion in San Bruno in 2010 came an uptick in public attention to the hazards of pipeline leaks. Regulators in several states are mandating more regular inspections and reporting, and penalties for incidents can be…

Jill FeblowitzSeptember 4, 2018

Strategy Technology Webinars

Webinar: Doing data science right in Excel-pervasive utilities

Tuesday, September 25th, 11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Clutter created by years of Excel usage is inescapable in the utility industry, as are its associated bad consequences. A few years ago The Energy Authority (TEA) decided to utilize R to break…

Lauren CallawaySeptember 1, 2018

Grid Technology

The future of power delivery

One word sums up all discussion of what the future grid will be — flexible. There is a great deal of speculation about what the electric power grid will look like in the next 10 to 20 years.…

Gene WolfAugust 28, 2018

Customer Grid Strategy Technology

JD Powers Customer Satisfaction leaders – what’s analytics have to do with it? Part 2 – outages

As we reported recently, the new JD Power’s J.D. Power 2018 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study is out and it is good news for utilities. For the seventh consecutive year, customer satisfaction is up, which JD Powers believes…

Jill FeblowitzAugust 21, 2018

Technology

Analytics experts converge in Orlando

Utilities are getting nimble with analytics start-up investments and partnerships

Eyes on the grid – the sensor revolution

Data Privacy: A Secret Ingredient for Aspirational Energy Innovators

Situational awareness depends on weather forecasting for utilities

Using an analytics platform to build a bridge between grid and customer data

The City of Austin wants to be zero-net-energy by 2050…here’s how

Are DER-heavy utilities being held captive by technology limitations?

Gas leaks are a massive headache for utilities—but analytics can help

Webinar: Doing data science right in Excel-pervasive utilities

The future of power delivery

JD Powers Customer Satisfaction leaders – what’s analytics have to do with it? Part 2 – outages

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