Insights from our Editorial Team
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Jan 24, 2013 |
IEC 61850 has been under scrutiny recently with claims of interoperability. But, are these claims valid? Can IEC 61850 improve and enhance protection and control system design today, or is it held hostage by interoperability?
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Jan 23, 2013 |
As utilities embrace social media, here are 12 shiny tweet gems that are direct, informative, amusing or all three (and all in that short, slight number of Twitter characters). Some show the power of Twitter to communicate with customers. Some illustrate cross-marketing concepts, and some are just plain funny.
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Jan 22, 2013 |
U.S. utilities are not as backwards as I am. Many have embraced social media to communicate with customers more regularly and interactively. And, they’ve managed to truly open dialogues, in many cases. Here are some of Intelligent Utility’s favorite tweets from U.S. power companies in 2012 (and the DOE), ranging from executive interactions to outage updates to the truly odd and awesome.
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Jan 21, 2013 |
“The start to any good analytics efforts is simple: data. Well, simple enough to say. The role of data in advanced customer analytics is becoming increasingly complex as utilities work to wrangle increasing volumes of data coming at them at increasingly faster speeds,” noted H. Christine Richards, the director of the Utility Analytics Institute.
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Jan 20, 2013 |
Primarily put into place to benefit wind energy, CREZ projects are projected to increase the current level of wind generation capacity in Texas to 18,456 MW, and it will also help provide transmission infrastructure necessary to meet the long-term needs of the growing area west of the I-35 corridor between San Antonio and Killeen, Texas. What was started to promote renewables will additionally promote transmission by design.
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Jan 17, 2013 |
One expert noted: "As we move forward with energy management, [we can’t] create a digital divide. We need something that applies across all formats, from my mother who won’t use it if there are more than two buttons to my children who won’t use it if there’s not an app for it."
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Another EMF study, another myth put to restJan 16, 2013 |
Texas is the latest in a line of states whose regulators have spent time and money on a review of the scientific findings around radio frequency emissions and human health. The Texas effort adds another worthwhile study for reference and proffering to concerned citizens.
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Minnesota utility director discusses what's availableJan 15, 2013 |
Smartphone as life's remote control? Not so fast, readers say. Here's one municipal utility director's approach to finding devices that work for understanding home energy use and managing it.
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An engineer and a consumer electronics showJan 14, 2013 |
The mainstream media notices "smartphone as life's remote control" at the Consumer Electronics Show and presents home energy management concepts and technology without mentioning utilities. Need I say more?
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Readers positive, with conditionsJan 13, 2013 |
Readers provide a swath of ideas on how public/private investments in infrastructure renewal should and shouldn't work and whether it enables U.S. competitiveness in a global competition marked by aggressive government roles by our rivals.
