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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

Webinars Strategy Technology

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…

Sandi JoralemonSeptember 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…

Sandi JoralemonAugust 7, 2018

Technology Customer Strategy

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…

Sandi JoralemonAugust 2, 2018

Strategy Technology

Enabling Rapid Analytics Evolution at Tacoma Public Utilities

While many utilities understand that the analytics discipline offers heaps of benefits, crafting an actionable analytics strategy has proven much more difficult. In less than two years, Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) has engaged in a rapid transformation effort…

Sandi JoralemonJuly 24, 2018

Strategy Technology

Self-Service for Utilities: What’s Holding People Back?

The Analytics Architecture & Technology Advancement Group at UAI meets to share insights and experience on the use of customer segmentation. This is a report out of the discussion. In an ideal working environment, we have no barriers. We can…

Sandi JoralemonJuly 20, 2018

Technology Asset & Workforce Grid

Advancing Risk-Based Posture through Platform Alignment: NERC’s ERO Enterprise CMEP Technology Project

Stan Hoptroff, VP, CTO, and Director of Information Technology at the North American Electric Reliability Council, discusses the use of NERC's ERO Enterprise CMEP technology to streamline compliance monitoring and reduce risk. Maintaining reliability across the bulk power system…

Stan HoptroffJuly 5, 2018

Strategy Technology

Technology to Culture: Evergy’s Enterprise Analytics Toolset

Andy Kapp, lead enterprise architect at Evergy, discusses how the right approach to technology can help to create an analytics culture. What types of benefits and ROI has your utility observed from adopting analytics? A data driven culture,…

Andy KappJuly 2, 2018

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

PG&E’s Agile Asset Analytics Teamwork

Jen Owens of Pacific Gas & Electric's Digital Catalyst Group discusses how agile product development teams at PG&E have developed tools to optimize asset management via data science and advanced analytics. How did your agile product development team…

Peter ManosJune 28, 2018

Webinars Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Data: The Renewable Resource for Digital Reinvention

It’s undeniable - analytics provide utilities with opportunities to realize significant cost savings in work and asset functions. Additionally, improvements in network reliability, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction and safety can be achieved. Obtaining these benefits requires a focused…

Sandi JoralemonJune 27, 2018