Insights from our Editorial Team
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Mar 11, 2013 |
Oncor is a regulated electric transmission and distribution service provider that serves 10 million customers across Texas. For the March/April issue of Intelligent Utility magazine, we spoke with Brenda Jackson, senior vice president and chief customer officer about the utility’s consumer focus. This is part 2 of a series. Read part 1 here.
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Mar 10, 2013 |
We all love the smart grid. It’s great. It’s marvelous. It’s a wave of the electric power future. But, there are still pockets within a utility that haven’t yet felt the full enlightenment of intelligent structures and software. For most utilities, the deployment and activities of field workers remains one of those dark pockets. To gain insights into this topic, register for Intelligent Utility's webcast the week by clicking here.
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Mar 07, 2013 |
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) brings a lot of positives: more accurate information, real-time data, two-way communication, a smarter connection. Unfortunately, it also brings a large potential negative: Every new AMI end point is a possible attack point that utilities now have to defend.
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Mar 06, 2013 |
Washington may have shut down, but utilities along the Eastern seaboard are just ramping up. The massive snowstorm that hit the Chicago area yesterday is now moving through Virginia and D.C. While this storm will not bring the level of emergency seen with Hurricane Sandy, utilities are thinking ahead all the same.
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Mar 05, 2013 |
This week will see thought leaders from across the utility analytics landscape traveling to Napa, CA to attend the 2013 Utility Analytics Summit, presented by the Utility Analytics Institute. With support from host utilities PG&E and SMUD, the Summit promises to be a great opportunity for utility analytics professionals.
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Mar 04, 2013 |
Oncor is a regulated electric transmission and distribution service provider that serves 10 million customers across Texas. For the March/April issue of Intelligent Utility magazine, we spoke with Brenda Jackson, senior vice president and chief customer officer about the utility’s consumer focus.
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Mar 03, 2013 |
In the first part of this series, which can be read here, London writer Tim Probert examined privacy concerns, consumer psychology and policy choices. In part 2, he lays out what’s at stake for utilities.
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Feb 28, 2013 |
In March, the Utility Analytics Institute will host the Utility Analytics Summit in Napa, California that will feature insider insights into analytics and utility planning. As we countdown to that event, next week we’re chatting with some of the experts set to attend that Summit, picking their brains for details on how analytics will change the very essence of the power industry. Today, we talk with various executives at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the founding members of the Utility Analytics Institute.
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Feb 27, 2013 |
Reid Nuttall, chief information officer for OGE Energy Corp., OG&E Electric Services wrote a great piece on data, analytics and the inner workings of Oklahoma Gas & Electric's (OG&E's) "information factory" for an issue of Intelligent Utility. Today, we revist the article and Nuttall's four notes for utilities to keep in mind when tackling data on a large scale.
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Feb 26, 2013 |
Everyone’s on Twitter these days, including power utilities. In January, we ran a very popular feature on the best utility tweets of 2012. It was so popular, we’ve decided to do what any media outlet would do when faced with popularity: We’re making sequels. This month’s most fabulous utility tweets include details on community work, holiday references and the final words of a retiring industry leader.
