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Grid Technology

DER control with grid edge analytics

Entergy creates new approaches to better manage the grid that involve more distributed energy resources. Today, approximately 120 megawatts of customer-owned distributed energy resources, almost all rooftop photovoltaic systems, are spread out over 20,000 connections at various customer…

S. Cat Wong, Wade P. MalcolmJune 11, 2019

Technology

We updated our analytics architecture competitive landscape!

Stay posted for quarterly updates! Big data and analytics are transforming the public utility sector with advances in storage, computing power, applications, and connectivity. Utilities can gather and analyze greater amounts of data faster and cheaper than in…

Sandi JoralemonJune 6, 2019

Grid Technology

Austin Energy and others moving closer to V2G

Austin Energy wants to understand V2G; so should you. Austin Energy (AE) recently announced that it will work with the Pecan Street project to test Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology, adding to an increasing number of V2G pilots…

Jill FeblowitzMay 28, 2019

Grid Technology

EPRI identifies impacts, solutions for EMP effects on grid

Three-year EPRI study indicates a cost-effective path to enhance the resilience of the electric grid. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released findings from its three-year study of the potential impacts of high-altitude electromagnetic pulses (EMP) on the…

UAI Content TeamMay 14, 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…

Sandi JoralemonMay 3, 2019

Technology Strategy

Utilities opt to use cloud-based analytics, despite lack of monetary incentives

It’s been over two and a half years since NARUC passed a resolution encouraging state public utility commissions to “consider whether cloud computing and on-premise solutions should receive similar regulatory accounting treatment, in that both would be eligible…

Jill FeblowitzMay 1, 2019

Technology

How utilities are really using machine learning and artificial intelligence

Want to see how utilities are actually solving problems with AI? Come to Utility Analytics Summit. Artificial intelligence has erupted across markets, promising organizations the capability to transform and optimize the business. Defined, artificial intelligence is the “development…

Sandi JoralemonApril 24, 2019

Technology

What solutions are populating the utility analytics space?

We looked to our members to find out which solutions are rising to the top of the utility analytics market. Big data and analytics are transforming the public utility sector with advances in storage, computing power, applications, and…

David BlazaApril 18, 2019

Asset & Workforce Technology

Increasing grid reliability through AI and the power of prediction

Tom Martin, formerly of PG&E and now Trove, discusses an AI data-driven path to outage prevention Reliability – the ability to deliver uninterrupted power to residences and businesses across a service territory – is a top priority of…

Tom MartinApril 16, 2019

Uncategorized Asset & Workforce Grid Technology

Digital twins: big gains for utilities, but not so fast

Digital twins hold promise, but not without a massive data headache The digital twin market is exploding—some say to the tune of $15.66 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of almost 40%. Utilities are among many asset-intensive industries…

Sandi JoralemonApril 11, 2019

Technology

Food for thought when feeding machine learning algorithms for vegetation management

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have strong potential in vegetation management, but there is a lot that can go wrong. My last blog discussed the opportunity for transmission and distribution utilities to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve…

Stuart RavensApril 4, 2019

Grid Technology

Commonwealth Edison poised to revolutionize energy delivery with Bronzeville Microgrid

Senior Vice President Of Technical Services M. Michelle Blaise Discusses The Project’s Significance In A Time Of Rapid Change. Chicago’s Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) is leading the way in revolutionizing energy delivery alongside Siemens and the Illinois Institute of…

Sandi JoralemonApril 2, 2019