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Energy IoT Comes of Age at the Grid Edge

The IoT revolution is sweeping multiple industries like healthcare, IT and manufacturing. Experts predict IoT will contribute $15 trillion dollars to the global GDP in the next 20…


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In Search Of The Greatest Utility Apps

The percent of US customers using mobile apps to monitor their energy use more than doubled between 2013 and 2016. This increase represents a great opportunity for utilities to…


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Common Threads: Creating Single Multi-Party Networks

At the opening session of the latest Itron Utility Week, Philip Mezey, President and CEO of Itron, laid out a future in which electric utilities will own communications networks…


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Clearing a Path to the Cloud: U.S. Regulator Perspectives on Cloud Technologies

While utilities are starting to embrace cloud technologies, the decision is often not theirs alone to make. Regulators' rulings on whether public utilities' investments in cloud…


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A Holistic Approach: Leveraging a digitalization strategy to enable DERs

The energy industry continues moving toward a marketplace built on clean and cost-effective distributed energy resources (DERs). Utilities can play a critical role in developing…


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The utility view of achieving agility in the distributed energy era through a holistic and flexible digitalization approach

The energy industry continues moving toward a marketplace built on clean and cost-effective distributed energy resources (DERs). Utilities can play a critical role in developing…


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Water Utility Outlook

Water Utilities See Value in IoT Technologies According to New Study by Zyprme and Smart Grid Summits Survey of 85 water utilities conducted on behalf of Sensus, a Xylem…


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The Future of Microgrids: Utility Perspective

Microgrids are a hot topic in the energy industry, but few truly understand their complexities or what their role will look like in the future energy ecosystem...


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Resilient Power Systems: How do We Know We’ve Arrived?

As utilities and third-party energy providers build out the next-generation electrical grid, many are doing so with the goal of developing a more reliable, resilient and efficient…


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The Future of IIoT – Smart City, Utility and Telecom Convergence

Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smart phone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a…


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How Machine Learning Will Revolutionize Utility Asset Management

Navigant Research estimates that utilities will spend almost $50 billion on asset management and grid monitoring technology by 2023. With pressures from new regulations and…


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Realizing the Potential of Energy Storage: Lessons from the Northeast

Energy storage can bring significant opportunities and innovation to the energy industry, but where are organizations finding success beyond traditional hotbeds such as…


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