Jan 12, 2021 | AclaraONE, Consumer Engagement, Data analytics, Electric utilities, Featured, Renewable energy
Many electric utilities, experiencing stagnant usage and revenue, are looking to increase electrification by promoting electric vehicles. Cooperatives and municipal utilities also want to ensure their customers have access to the same high-tech offerings as power...
Jan 5, 2021 | Consumer Engagement, Data analytics, Distribution Automation, Featured, Grid monitoring
In 2020 utilities dealt with a worldwide pandemic, an intense wildfire season, and an unusually large number of hurricanes and weather events. Utilities also coped with market and technology changes driven by factors such as an upsurge of renewables on the grid,...
Dec 2, 2020 | Electric utilities, Featured, Gas utilities, Water utilities
The worldwide pandemic is changing the way people are celebrating the holidays in 2020, but no matter where they celebrate or how many people are sitting around their tables, they still use energy and water. We normally look at topics related directly to metering,...
Oct 26, 2020 | Distribution Automation, Electric utilities, Featured, Power quality
Without proper preparation, adding distribution automation (DA) devices to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems can be a utility’s own apocalypse. Let’s look at how utilities can avoid communications glitches to gain situational awareness and...
Oct 19, 2020 | Electric utilities, Featured, Grid monitoring
Historically, electric utilities send linemen to the field to gain situational awareness by visibly inspecting wires to detect circuit anomalies. In many cases, linemen on these truck rolls find no significant problems before returning to the utility. This is...
Sep 29, 2020 | AMI deployments, Featured, Smart metering
Sometimes, the key to the success of an advanced metering infrastructure project is not the technology, but project management and implementation. The way an implementation is conducted can make all the difference in the world in terms of meeting success factors of...
