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

Doing data science right in Excel-pervasive utilities (on demand)

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

Strategy Technology

Enabling self-service at City of Tallahassee Utilities

City of Tallahassee Utilities is undergoing an enormous transformation, and is working to put analytics into the hands of its employees through a self-service campaign using Alteryx/Tableau solutions. David Carnes, Mobile Systems Data Coordinator, shares some insights from…

Lauren CallawayAugust 7, 2018

Customer Strategy Technology

Real-time customer sentiment for public services…this is a thing now

The cities of New York, Los Angeles, and Grand Rapids, Michigan have each turned to a new technology to track customer sentiment of their police forces. The technology is called Elucd, and the goal is to monitor public…

Lauren CallawayAugust 2, 2018

Technology

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

Doing data science right in Excel-pervasive utilities (on demand)

The future of power delivery

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

Enabling self-service at City of Tallahassee Utilities

Real-time customer sentiment for public services…this is a thing now

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