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Don’t let Smart Contracts Outsmart You: A Legal Perspective

Leonard Tillman is a partner in Balch & Bingham LLP’s energy practice In the future, Smart Contracts utilizing blockchain are expected to autonomously enable billions of transactions among power producers and transporters, consumers, vendors, service providers and even…

Leonard TillmanSeptember 11, 2019

Technology

AI’s Action and Impact on the Energy Sector

How do we manage the largest machine ever built? The first time I walked into an electric T&D control center was about a decade ago. With a smartphone in my pocket and a laptop in my bag, I…

Jim BullockSeptember 5, 2019

Technology

Community a major caveat to successful open-source model adoption

Open-source analytical models abound, but having a dedicated community is essential. In More to open-source than you think, the ABCs of open source were described in the utility context. While “open-source” is being used to describe developer tools,…

Jill FeblowitzAugust 27, 2019

Asset & Workforce Technology Webinars

On-Demand: Combining AI and Analytics to Address the High Costs and Inefficiencies of Vegetation Management

Vegetation Management has always been a critical function for utilities. It is, however, increasingly top of mind with company executives looking to mitigate the escalating costs and risks posed by vegetation. Due to economic and logistical challenges, utilities…

Lauren CallawayAugust 21, 2019

Grid Strategy Technology

CapX2020 utilities to study transmission grid’s ability to support ambitious carbon reduction goals

Upper Midwest regional utilities are embarking on a cross-state effort to establish a transmission investment approach. Midwest consortium CapX2020 utilities announced yesterday that they will study the Upper Midwest transmission network to identify system improvements and infrastructure upgrades…

Lauren CallawayAugust 20, 2019

Technology

It’s been a good year for Blockchain in energy

After a few years of hype, a lot of questioning and a handful of disappointments, Blockchain is starting to make some inroads into energy and utilities. Once upon a time, Hervé Touati worked as an executive at Shell…

Gordon FellerAugust 15, 2019

Technology

5G and power grid singularity—not if, but when

5G is not just a fatter pipe. It is a much smarter, more capable one that will transform how data is managed in the field. But utilities need to start preparing now. I’ve written previously about how 5G…

Richelle ElbergAugust 13, 2019

Strategy Technology

Tom Siebel’s data-driven approach to digital transformation: part 1

Tom Siebel, CEO of C3.ai, weighs in on a data-driven, strategy-first approach. “Putting the cart before the horse”, a cliché’ we inherited from the Greeks, means that the action that should come second is prioritized first. This approach…

Vanessa EdmondsAugust 8, 2019

Technology

More to open-source than you think.

We broke down some common misconceptions about open-source models for utilities. With an uptick in literacy in Python and R, utilities are hearing the term “open source” more often. But, open source has already become ubiquitous in many…

Jill FeblowitzAugust 6, 2019

Asset & Workforce Grid Technology

Outage data is everywhere

Social media and nontraditional data sets create transparency of when, why and where major grid events occur. In the fall of 2018, with a new vision of grid resiliency —driven by industry collaboration and a necessity to provide…

Michael S. Weber and Nancy HarrisAugust 2, 2019

Technology

Making the Case for Utility Operated, Blockchain Enabled Power Systems

Using blockchain as an enabler of new technologies to assist utilities in keeping up with the times. In April 2016, the first official peer to peer (P2P) energy transaction occurred between neighbors in a residential neighborhood of Brooklyn,…

Peter Fedchenkov & Shivam Saxena July 25, 2019

Customer Grid Technology

Oracle customers testing analytics solutions for EV adoption and integration

Oracle is ramping up investment in analytics-based products and services to facilitate smoother utility operations alongside booming EV adoption. Oracle recently announced that the company is “test driving” EV analytics with several partner utilities. Oracle takes a two-pronged…

Jill FeblowitzJuly 23, 2019

Technology

Don’t let Smart Contracts Outsmart You: A Legal Perspective

AI’s Action and Impact on the Energy Sector

Community a major caveat to successful open-source model adoption

On-Demand: Combining AI and Analytics to Address the High Costs and Inefficiencies of Vegetation Management

CapX2020 utilities to study transmission grid’s ability to support ambitious carbon reduction goals

It’s been a good year for Blockchain in energy

5G and power grid singularity—not if, but when

Tom Siebel’s data-driven approach to digital transformation: part 1

More to open-source than you think.

Outage data is everywhere

Making the Case for Utility Operated, Blockchain Enabled Power Systems

Oracle customers testing analytics solutions for EV adoption and integration

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