Insights from our Editorial Team
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UTC webinar refreshes the conversationJan 01, 2013 |
Smart appliances come with questions on how the market will develop. How will manufacturers, utiltiies and end-use customers be incentivized to participate? Questions dominated a recent webinar on the subject.
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3Q 2012 began with the year's biggest storyDec 30, 2012 |
Wild fires in the West, derechos in the East and a massive hurricane crashing into New York City brought renewed attention to grid modernization and questions on whether public investment has paid off. The results of investigations into those questions will resonate throughout the coming year.
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Dec 27, 2012 |
As the power industry horizon starts to rain cloud offerings, it can be difficult to push through the PR storm; in the end, the right cloud solution for a utility offers smart IT options. Thought leadership sponsored by Intel.
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Dec 27, 2012 |
Why do consumers who regularly use more personal technology (such as smartphones) without a second thought become preoccupied with what the power company will know about them when smarter meters and thermostats come more directly into play?
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Power's past as prologue: 2012's issues haven't been resolvedDec 26, 2012 |
A surprising number of issues identified in 2012 will continue to drive power industry discussions in the coming year, including customer engagement, security and storage, judging by the way those issues evolved between spring and fall of the year just past.
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Some issues progressed considerably in just one yearDec 25, 2012 |
The year past began with the evolving issue of customer engagement, data analytics and smart meter opt-out policies. If the third issue has been largely resolved by very low opt-out rates, the first two remain front and center for the power industry.
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Global survey reflects interest in storage, generation and islandingDec 23, 2012 |
An IEEE survey of global utility executives finds that energy storage, distributed generation and microgrids will drive energy markets over the next five years. It's not your father's utility anymore.
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Dec 20, 2012 |
Cooperatives have come to a judgmental consensus on the value of GIS, and it’s a definite “thumbs up.” Three of them discuss the pragmatic--and sometimes unexpected--uses they've found for a system originally confined to mapping.
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EDTA sees myriad trends driving gradual EV adoptionDec 19, 2012 |
Utilities that engage customers over the purchase of an electric vehicle have higher than average ratings for customer satisfaction, according to Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, and J.D. Power and Associates.
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EDTA sees myriad trends driving gradual EV adoptionDec 18, 2012 |
Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, shares his views on EV technology, the market and the future. As a pragmatist, he knows electrification of transportation is a long-term proposition.
