Insights from our Editorial Team
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Utility's smart meter learnings inspire new approachSep 04, 2012 |
PG&E is applying hard-won lessons in customer engagement to ensure that small- and medium-sized business customers are prepared for state-mandated dynamic pricing progams taking effect this November. The utility used interval meter data to identify which customers would be adversely affected and ensured they had full information on the program and guidance on how to mitigate impacts.
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Metering informs customers, operations, capital planningSep 03, 2012 |
Data analytics are improving the meter-to-cash cycle, reliability and storm preparedness at United Illuminating in Orange, Conn. A conversation with UI's managers reveals how and why.
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What we should be talking about, nowAug 30, 2012 |
Utilities are admirably going about the business of modernizing the grid, reaching out to customers and adapt their businesses to shifting paradigms. But five issues may present radical challenges and rarely get discussed. Buckle up.
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Aug 30, 2012 |
Whether discussing the old coined phrase “smart grid” or the newly minted hot topic “IT/OT integration,” the meaning is still the same: The nuances of the power grid need to be a bit brainier. Thought leadership sponsored by Intel.
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Real-world applications and best practicesAug 29, 2012 |
Utilities are beginning to use data analytics in new ways to support business goals and customer service. Our data expert shares insights into best practices from a new report on North American utilities. And two utilities describe the shortest path from the starting line to value.
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IEEE, others, back principles for standards developmentAug 28, 2012 |
There's a formal process for ratifying international standards, and then there are market-driven, de facto standards, which can be just as influential - if proper principles are followed. That's an argument being made by groups such as the IEEE, the Internet Architecture Board, the Internet Engineering Task Force and others.
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Vendors must grasp clients' specific needsAug 27, 2012 |
Big Data is The Next Big Thing, but only if vendors understand the needs of various vertical industries such as power, and articulate a clear path to value. Meanwhile, Big Data is driving significant new investment in the state of Massachusetts.
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Law allows free opt-out, requires health, privacy reviewsAug 24, 2012 |
Advocates of grid modernization have to repeat the reasoning for progress, in the face of misinformation. In Vermont, the state legislature has allowed free opt-outs from smart metering and mandated reviews of privacy and health concerns. We discuss the principle and the practical.
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DistTrack malware presents a new wrinkleAug 23, 2012 |
A new and vicious malware, dubbed DistTrack, seemingly aimed at the energy sector, started raising red flags late last week. Here's what the National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization's (NESCOs) Tactical Analysis Team has to say about it.
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How do you spell `options' or `toolkit'?Aug 23, 2012 |
Readers say the darndest things. Welcome to the discussion of air conditioning improvements and practices and impacts to the grid. Hint: some say yay, some say nay.
