Jul 29, 2020 | AclaraONE, Data analytics, Featured
The global COVID-19 pandemic is changing how we live and work in ways that are not yet well understood. Fear-based behavior modifications like additional hand-washing and social distancing may become ingrained in our culture, much like the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic...
May 28, 2020 | Data analytics, Electric utilities, Featured, Grid monitoring
Have you ever gotten stuck in traffic? You know there’s a problem, but you can’t see far enough ahead to know what it is or the best options for avoiding a three-hour delay. Electric distribution engineers face a similar problem. The decades-old substations and major...
May 12, 2020 | AclaraONE, Data analytics, Featured
Utilities are on board with the benefits analytics can bring. According to a 2018 BRIDGE Index Utility survey of some 20,000 north American utility workers, use of asset-related analytics rose 55% between 2016 and 2017, while grid-related analytics use rose 17% in...
Mar 9, 2020 | AclaraONE, Data analytics
Analytics aren’t new to utilities, but the wealth of data now available from advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and grid-edge devices kicks its value up several notches, but only if you know how to leverage that data. There are benefits for utilities and their...
Feb 25, 2020 | Data analytics, Electric utilities, Featured
At one point during the recent DistribuTECH 2020 conference, as I was attending talk after talk about how utilities are trying to move the energy industry into the future, it occurred to me that in many ways the future is already here. Had I been attending this...
Dec 10, 2019 | AclaraONE, Consumer Engagement, Data analytics, Featured
Distribution utilities can utilize a wide range of software products to help them use data to maintain efficient operations. There are software solutions for billing, for analytics, for outage management, for data management, and for engaging consumers, among others....
