Feb 12, 2018 | Aclara News, AclaraConnect, Electric utilities
What’s the future of our country’s aging energy and water infrastructure? President Trump’s infrastructure plan, as outlined in his 2018 State of the Union address, is being hotly debated in political circles, but how this plan might affect utilities is unclear. In...
Feb 5, 2018 | AclaraConnect, Renewable energy
Over the past year no amount of forecasting or “guesstimating” would have predicted where our country’s still-evolving energy policy would be today. Yet, attendees at last spring’s AclaraConnect Conference got a front-row view of how two leading energy and...
Jan 12, 2018 | Leak detection, Non revenue water, Renewable energy, Water utilities
Now that holiday celebrations are in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to plan for the year ahead. Here are some technology resolutions you can make to improve your operational efficiencies. 1: Detect transient faults on overhead networks Many electric utilities have...
Jan 11, 2017 | Data analytics, Electric utilities, Grid monitoring, Renewable energy
Our electric power grid is under stress. A conglomeration of loosely interconnected systems that was built out more than a half century ago, our electric network is entering its dotage. In fact, a recent report by the Electricity Advisory Committee to the Department...
Oct 20, 2016 | Aclara News, Grid monitoring, Smart metering
2 The Platts organization recently announced the selection of energy companies from 25 countries as finalists for the Platts Global Energy Awards. In their eighteenth year, the awards are considered the Academy Awards of the energy industry and highlight corporate and...
Oct 15, 2016 | Data analytics, Distribution Automation, Electric utilities, Grid monitoring
Here are a few facts you may not have realized until now… Electric lines are blamed for 9% of wildfires 5 to 10 arc-flash explosions occur in electrical equipment daily within the U.S ….. these numbers all relate to one subject: Reliability ...
