Yusef Orest & Nathan Grahl, Author at Utility Analytics Institute

Grid Technology

Arrowhead Cooperative Uses Data Analytics to Pinpoint Meter Issues

Arrowhead Cooperative combined data from three grid modernization technologies to pinpoint and prioritize load control receivers that need maintenance. Like many electric cooperatives in the United States, Arrowhead Electric Cooperative Inc. employees have at their fingertips the power of…

Yusef Orest & Nathan GrahlNovember 19, 2018

Strategy

Visualizing utility data analytics: making the point

The brightest person in the room might also be the worst one at telling a story. In the early years of in-home energy display technology, there was an ongoing and often heated debate over how to drive behavior…

Carol StimmelNovember 15, 2018

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State of the Market: Trends in the Use of Utility Analytics

Overview Together with Utility Analytics Institute (UAI), Sensus surveyed utilities across the board (water, gas and electric) and found some common ground around their biggest business and operating challenges today, and how data and analytics can help them…

Sandi JoralemonNovember 14, 2018

Strategy

Municipals face new challenges in managing the risk in energy procurement

Municipal utilities have the reputation of being dedicated to the customer and dedicated they are, especially when it comes to meeting customers’ desires for sustainability. Municipal utilities and cooperatives like Georgetown Utilities (TX), the City of Austin, the…

Jill FeblowitzNovember 9, 2018

Grid

How TVA weathers storms

The resilience matrix has provided TVA methodologies to understand severe storms and plan for future events. The Tennessee Valley Authority has transmission facilities in seven states in the mid-south region of the United States. The climate in general is mild…

Brenda HallNovember 6, 2018

Grid Technology

Analytics experts converge in Orlando

There’s little doubt that today’s utilities have entered the age of Big Data — and Big Analytics. From customer experience ratings to SAIDI and CAIDI numbers, from equipment operations data to weather metrics, most if not all utilities…

James DukartNovember 1, 2018

Strategy Technology

Utilities are getting nimble with analytics start-up investments and partnerships

Demanding times call for innovation and utilities have responded by getting involved. Traditionally risk averse, utilities now recognize that they can learn from companies that are born of a culture of fail fast, learn and move on. Active…

Jill FeblowitzOctober 30, 2018

Hear The Stories...We Are UAI

We are UAI: Adam Meranda of Florida Power & Light

Adam Meranda is the Director of Revenue & Rate Strategy at Florida Power & Light (FP&L). He has served many roles during his 7 years with the company, including Director of Smart Grid & Innovation, and Manager…

Sandi JoralemonOctober 26, 2018

Grid Technology

Eyes on the grid – the sensor revolution

The New York Power Authority Is In The Vanguard Of Utilities Turning To Sophisticated Sensors To Better Understand Their Billions Of Dollars Of Grid Equipment – And Provide For More Resilient Electric Service. A vast multiplication of sensors…

Marty RosenbergOctober 18, 2018

Utilities’ staff can focus on high-value activity with digital monitoring & diagnostics

Organizations such as utilities that manage complex assets often become aware of problems only after significant damage or failures occur on those assets. This reactive approach to asset management leads to avoidable productivity loss, downtime and expensive repairs.…

Matt KircherOctober 16, 2018

Customer Strategy

States increase efficiency investments and power savings: ACEEE Scorecard

NJ, CT, CO, SD improve most; MA and CA lead. As the U.S. government loosens environmental rules, states are investing more in energy efficiency and delivering increased power savings, according to the 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. This…

Nikki ChandlerOctober 10, 2018

Technology Strategy

Data Privacy: A Secret Ingredient for Aspirational Energy Innovators

Data privacy is bubbling up across markets as a major issue to be faced. The DataGuard Initiative is aiming to be a source of support for utilities. When widespread furor erupted over FaceBook and Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized uses…

Judith SchwartzOctober 5, 2018