Insights from our Editorial Team
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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.
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Expert touts hardening, resiliency as avenue to growthDec 17, 2012 |
In the second part of a two-part Q&A, Massoud Amin, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota, discusses dynamic risk, the economic constraints of obsolete infrastructure and the cost of upgrading the electric grid in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Expert touts hardening, resiliency as avenue to growthDec 16, 2012 |
Massoud Amin, an IEEE senior member and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota, has been working on smart grid concepts for decades. In a Q&A session, Amin discusses the lessons of Hurricane Sandy and calls for infrastructure investments.
