Commentary
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Jun 02, 2011 |
What do you think has a greater impact on society, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport or a Tesla Roadster? Both have spectacular performance reviews, with the Super Sport setting top speed records. Both will turn heads driving down any road or even through any parking lot in the world. Both are truly engineering marvels. -
Jun 01, 2011 |
With the advent of the smart grid solution there would be an increasing need of smart planning and designing especially the routine repetitive work. Increase in the real time data coming from the Smart equipments in the upcoming Smart Grid World will ensure correct diagnosis of the issues and appropriate actions being taken. -
May 18, 2011 |
Utility electric industry is in the midst of major transformation. The United States Department of Energy is investing approximately $4 billion to accelerate deployment and demonstration through the Smart Grid Investment Grant and Smart Grid Demonstration programs. -
May 03, 2011 |
Developing positive relationships with consumers is becoming increasingly important as both energy providers and their customers confront the uncertainties of today's world. -
Apr 26, 2011 |
More than any time that most of us can remember, the nation and the world face uncertainties that may have significant impact on energy cost and usage in the United States. Extreme weather in North America and political upheavals on the other side of the globe can cause service disruptions that increase costs for utilities and eventually for consumers.
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Apr 21, 2011 |
Last month, when President Obama unveiled the Better Buildings Initiative to provide incentives for businesses to become more energy efficient, we were reminded how efficiency is a critical, but often overlooked component of our national energy policy. -
Apr 13, 2011 |
Customer self service portals, present a great opportunity of cost savings for the utilities because of their lower transaction rates. However; this is critically influenced by adoption rates of such portals and appropriately so, utilities are investing in ensuring an enhanced customer experience and increased adoption rate of their customer serving sites. -
Apr 06, 2011 |
The business case for driving consumers to electronic channels is clear; however companies have been unable to significantly increase the adoption of paperless billing services among the majority of their customers. Industry analyst and direct interviews with utilities reveal that less than 10% of utility customers have taken advantage of paperless billing. -
Apr 05, 2011 |
Let's face it. Most consumers really don't care about electricity per se, except those of us who work in the industry. Just like most consumers really don't care about hand tools, except serious do-it-yourselfers and people who work in the industry. -
Mar 31, 2011 |
AMI Infrastructure management is critical to utilities business to ensure higher network availability, secure communications and have a framework to effectively manage smart metering infrastructure with the ability to scale. As utilities are busy deploying millions of smart meters in the field today, they are constantly bogged down in putting out "fires" and ensuring systems stabilization on a daily basis.
