Mar 23, 2020 | Electric utilities, Featured, Gas utilities, Water utilities
The world is changing quickly, and energy and water utility professionals must stay well informed. Traditional trade publications, vendor websites, and research reports are the tried-and-true arrows in the utility professionals’ information quiver. But as strictly...
Mar 3, 2020 | Electric utilities, Featured, Grid monitoring
Many cooperative and public power utilities have limited budgets and limited staff to manage their networks. And often with very large rural territories to cover, it adds to the challenge of the job. Lincoln Electric Cooperative (LEC), for example, is a rural...
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...
Feb 12, 2020 | Electric utilities, Grid monitoring
During new construction, storm restoration or removals of aging equipment, maintaining accurate records of your distribution grid can prove challenging. Computer systems such as a Geographic Information System (GIS) are used by many utilities to manage asset records. ...
Jan 17, 2020 | Featured, Grid monitoring
In the last few years, devastating wildfires have ripped through many areas of the U.S. and globe. Recently, fires have devastated parts of Australia, driving residents and tourists out of towns up and down the country’s East Coast. The Wall Street Journal recently...
Jan 7, 2020 | Aclara News, AclaraConnect, Electric utilities, Featured, Leak detection, Power Line Communications, Water utilities
The beginning of a new year is a great time to look at accomplishments and progress in the previous 12 months. We decided to look at how our blog performed last year to help us plan the best mix of articles for utility professionals in 2020. In this article we will...
