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...
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....
Dec 4, 2019 | AMI deployments, Electric utilities, Featured
In a survey taken this past Earth Day, Researchers at the Pew Research Center found that a majority of people in 23 out of 26 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center consider climate change a grave threat. With this week marking the start of the 25th United...
Nov 13, 2019 | Featured, Power quality
When the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, MO installed the Outlaw Run, one of the world’s steepest wood roller coasters, the loads caused by the ride tested the capacitor bank that ensured stable power quality to the park. In the past, the oil-filled...
Oct 23, 2018 | Electric utilities, Featured, Grid monitoring
For residential customers, momentary outages may be just an annoyance, a reason to reprogram the clocks on microwaves and video recording equipment. For commercial and industrial accounts, momentaries are a huge economic drain even though the outages themselves...
