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Making Effective Headway with Machine Learning: What are We Missing?

Utility Analytics Institute's Analytics Maturity Curve As the members of UAI climb up the maturity curve and share their success around using analytics in their business, there are still road bumps ahead. I recently read an article related…

Mark JohnsonMarch 23, 2018

Customer Strategy Technology

New Weather Modeling Capabilities Driving Big Bottom-Line Benefits for Utilities

Source: Improving Weather Forecasts for Wind and Solar Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather is, rightfully, likely to appear near the top of the lists of risk factors published in utility Annual Reports. Utilities have already come…

Peter ManosMarch 8, 2018

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Oncor’s Journey to An Advanced Distribution Grid

Hagen Haentsch serves as Director of Oncor’s Distribution Operations Center – West (West DOC). His organization is responsible for monitoring and operating the Western half of Oncor’s distribution system, which serves approximately 3.5 million customers. In this capacity…

Lauren CallawayFebruary 26, 2018

Asset & Workforce Grid Strategy Technology

Tata Delhi’s Journey into the 21st Century

Shweta Mathur is the Head of Group, Business Relations & Analytics, of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL). TPDDL is a Public Private Partnership (Joint Venture) of Tata Power and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. The …

Lauren CallawayFebruary 20, 2018

Customer Technology

Leveraging AMI Data to Tap Untapped Value

Many utilities have invested in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Now, they are looking at areas such as dynamic rates to increase returns on those investments. The comedian Groucho Marx famously asked “Will it play in Peoria?” His vaudeville-era…

Peter ManosFebruary 13, 2018

Webinars Asset & Workforce Customer Grid Strategy Technology

Centerpoint Energy’s Response to Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey was a record-breaking storm inundating southeast Texas with 51.88 inches of rainfall, breaking the single-storm record of 48 inches set in 1978. The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph at landfall. There were more…

Sandi JoralemonJanuary 22, 2018

Webinars Strategy Technology

Empowering Collaborative Advanced Analytics Across Utility Operations

This webinar will discuss the emergence of the Data Science Platform as an integrated and collaborative environment for empowering advanced analytics across the utility enterprise. A successful Data Science Platform enables the proliferation of data, opening up new…

Sandi JoralemonJanuary 17, 2018

Asset & Workforce Grid Strategy Technology

Great Expectations: A Beginner’s Guide to Implementing Analytics

Raiford Smith, VP of Energy Technologies at Entergy, shares advice to new utility players in the analytics game, and how to turn expectations into value. If you have read the classic novel Great Expectations, you will realize that plot…

Raiford SmithJanuary 2, 2018

Asset & Workforce Customer Strategy Technology

PG&E’s Elaboration on Collaboration at Utility Analytics Week

Tom Martin, manager, Grid of Things, at Pacific Gas & Electric provides an interesting perspective on the value he and his team have been gaining from their collaborations with fellow Utility Analytics Institute members. A key focus for…

Peter ManosJanuary 2, 2018

Strategy Technology

Unlocking the Power of Analytics

As the Internet of Things becomes a reality, billions of connected devices are generating massive amounts of data. In fact, by 2020, the number of internet-connected things is estimated to reach 50 billion. All this data has a…

Jeff McCrackenDecember 19, 2017

Technology

Sensor Technology on Regularly Scheduled Flights Brings in New Data

Electric utilities performing transmission line aerial patrols and inspections are now receiving valuable new data from regularly scheduled flights by placing Exacter sensor technology on-board the aircraft. As the aircraft flies, Exacter's technology automatically identifies and maps conditions known…

UAI StaffOctober 23, 2017

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Ameren Loss Analysis

A regulated utility recovers the cost of system losses through rate mechanisms partially supported by the utility’s system loss analysis (SLA). Traditionally, SLA requires a long and arduous engineering study that can take more than a year. It…

Keith P. HockOctober 10, 2017