Enterprise Portfolio Management for Utilities – Optimizing asset investments to maximize value & drive strategy
Utilities are increasingly challenged to make optimal infrastructure investments. Assets are not…
The Customer Push Or Pull: How Much Are Customers Driving Digital Change For Utilities
The digital needs of customers are rapidly changing. How much urgency does the customer really…
Virtual Electric Drive – VR for Energy and EV Education
Join Zpryme and Austin Energy as they discuss their collaboration on the Virtual Electric Drive VR…
#20: “Energy is cool, guys”
This week we talked to Raiford Smith from Entergy about how data analytics are changing the way the…
Leveraging IIoT Devices in the Power Gen Industry
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is poised to seep into nearly every part of…
#19: Great Expectations of Data Analytics
This week we talked to Raiford Smith from Entergy about how data analytics are changing the way the…
#18: ETS18!
This week we come to you live from the historic Moody Theater's nearby hotel in Austin, TX for the…
Efficient & Effective IIoT Integration for Industrial Control Systems: Power Generation Perspective
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is poised to seep into nearly every part of…
#17: Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?
On this episode, the gang talks about what living in a digital energy future actually looks like…
Paula Gold-Williams CPS Energy CEO selected as 2018 ETS Thought Leader of the Year
Zpryme announced today that CPS Energy’s President & CEO, Paula Gold-Williams, has been selected as…
#14: A hive of microgrids and innovation
What? It was the only Star Wars reference I could think of! We hung out with S&C's David Chiesa in…
Distributed Energy Management: The New Era of Demand Response
With the rapid integration of renewables and distributed technologies into the grid, utilities can…
#13: The Zombie Prosumer
At DistribuTECH, we met up with Henry Bailey in SAP's cool media booth and we talked about the…
Local Power: State of The Distributed Grid 2017
The power sector continues its transformation from a one-way to a more distributed grid, but what…
#12: Howdy, Innovative Pardner
"Innovative Partnership" is a simple enough phrase to understand, but the means of developing the…
The Entrepreneurial Utility: Opportunities for Adaptive Approaches to Customer Program Testing
Nearly every utility is certainly past the startup phase, but that shouldn’t preclude them from an…
Tom Fanning, Southern Company Chairman President & CEO
Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a…
Cybersecurity for Utilities and Critical Infrastructure: Part 2
As utilities deploy technologies to increase the connectedness of the electric grid and critical…
Cybersecurity for Utilities & Critical Infrastructure: Part 1
As utilities deploy technologies to increase the connectedness of the electric grid and critical…
Utility Innovation Blueprint: How to manage the challenge of dual transformation
Massive disruption is happening in the utility industry. Distributed energy resources, IoT, big…
Consumer Engagement for the Modern Utility: Using Data to Build Trust
Today’s consumers are very different from those of years ago and their interests, expectations, and…
Empowering Customers in the Connected Home Era
Along with the driving forces of evolving regulations, distributed energy resources, and business…
Beyond Electrons: How utilities are navigating the evolving energy landscape
Traditionally, customers only expected their electric utility to keep the lights on. But technology…
Defending Against the Storm: Embracing Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning for Utility Outage Prediction
The ability to access timely information prior to a storm about the incoming is available today.…
Fourth Annual Municipal Utility Outlook
Sensus, a Xylem brand, released with Zpryme and the Municipal Smart Grid Summit (MSGS) the results…
The State of Utilities in Smart Cities and Energy Innovation
We hear a lot about smart cities and new innovations in energy today—but not enough about how…
The Smart City Puzzle: The Role of Utilities in Next-Gen Communities
The term smart city has become ubiquitous in the technology world, and especially among the energy…
Value & Risk in the New Energy Era: Rethinking Asset Investment Decisions
North American electric utilities face profound changes—from distributed energy resources to energy…
Distribution Grid Modernization: How Communication Networks Evolve to meet New Demands
The physical assets of the energy industry continue to become increasingly connected to enable…
As-a-Service for Customer Service: Optimizing for New Utility Customer Demands
With the rise of Millennials, distributed energy resources and new pricing models, the needs of…
Energy IoT Comes of Age at the Grid Edge
The IoT revolution is sweeping multiple industries like healthcare, IT and manufacturing. Experts…
In Search Of The Greatest Utility Apps
The percent of US customers using mobile apps to monitor their energy use more than doubled between…
Chris Crane, Exelon CEO
Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a…
Common Threads: Creating Single Multi-Party Networks
At the opening session of the latest Itron Utility Week, Philip Mezey, President and CEO of Itron,…
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…
A Holistic Approach: Leveraging a digitalization strategy to enable DERs
The energy industry continues moving toward a marketplace built on clean and cost-effective…
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…
Water Utility Outlook
Water Utilities See Value in IoT Technologies According to New Study by Zyprme and Smart Grid…
The Future of Microgrids: Utility Perspective
Microgrids are a hot topic in the energy industry, but few truly understand their complexities or…
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…
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…
How Machine Learning Will Revolutionize Utility Asset Management
Navigant Research estimates that utilities will spend almost $50 billion on asset management and…
Realizing the Potential of Energy Storage: Lessons from the Northeast
Energy storage can bring significant opportunities and innovation to the energy industry, but where…
Engage and Protect | Growing Utility Customer Communications While Meeting TCPA Compliance
Utility customers have unprecedented opportunities to engage with energy—whether through…
Think Local: Distributed Energy Resources for Electric Cooperatives
We’ve seen a lot of hype around distributed energy resources, (DERs) but how to make them work for…
U.S. Consumer Energy Trends by Technology, 2013 – 2016
In the past three years we have seen the proliferation of a variety of energy technologies among…
Transforming the Chaos – Exploring New Ideas and Disruptive Technologies in the IoT Landscape
Many utilities have relied on demand response for years to reduce energy use across their service…
A Neighborhood View: Opportunities for Targeted Demand Response
Many utilities have relied on demand response for years to reduce energy use across their service…
Bridging IT-OT for the Connected Asset Lifecycle Management Era
More assets, more sensors, more data and more analysis are bringing asset-intensive industries into…
Paying Compliance Forward: Survey Reveals Opportunity to Optimize Utility Cybersecurity Programs
Utility industry security and compliance experts discuss the results of the most recent, BRIDGE…
Dr. Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist
Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a…
Driving utility operational excellence through data integration: Exploring the data core, Presented by ABB
Data is at the core of a modern utility, highly sought and meticulously gathered—and then left to…
The Smart City Effect, A Review of the Annual Smart City / Smart Utility Strategic Directions Survey and Report, presented by Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch’s annual Smart Utility Strategic Directions Report reveals the path many cities and…
ComEd: Laying the Groundwork for the Utility of the Future
An ambitious experiment is underway in Chicago and northern Illinois. With direction and purpose,…
Highlighting New Technology for Utility Operators and Customers: On the Path to Active Grid Management and Customer Control with Intel and CPS Energy
Utility staff, utility customers, and technology companies are increasingly seeing new kinds of…
Country’s largest Conservation Voltage Reduction Program Managed by Alstom’s Integrated Distribution Management System
Volt-VAR control (VVC) is a fundamental operating requirement of all electric distribution systems.…
How Much is Manual Workforce Scheduling Really Costing Energy Organizations?
Many energy organizations still rely on manual employee scheduling processes. These systems were…
Predictive Analytics & the Future Grid
nalytics initiatives continue moving closer toward real-time data and analysis, built upon a…
Security for the Interconnected Grid, Presented by ViaSat
More and more sensors and customer devices are connecting to the electric grid every day. Each…
Energy Bill Disaggregation: How to Usher in a Golden Era for Energy Customers, Presented by Direct Energy
Would you buy $100 worth of groceries sight unseen with the bag stapled shut? No, but that's…
The Resurgent Midwest: the Energy, Infrastructure and Innovation Landscape in America’s Heartland, Presented by ComEd & Energy Foundry
The Midwest’s foundation is strong - earning it $1.2B in DOE awards between 2009 and 2014, more…
Quantifiable Security for the Grid, Presented by ViaSat
As utilities continue evolving at an unprecedented rate and billions of intelligent devices are…
Fact or Fiction: The Municipal Utility Revolution
Due to concerns from climate change to power disruptions, some cities are showing interest in…
Renewables and the Future Grid, Presented by RES Americas
Driven by growing electricity needs, the share of renewable energy in the U.S. power grid is…
Real-Time Analytics & the Future Grid, Presented by OSIsoft
Suppliers of electricity to homes and businesses are finding ways to analyze the vast volumes of…
Customer Engagement & the Future Grid, Presented by BuildingIQ
Climate change and technology advances are all forces that have been reshaping utilities and…
Different Industries, Common Opportunities, Presented by Siemens
If there’s one thing today’s modern IT systems can provide, it is an avalanche of disparate data…
U.K. and Canada Smart Home Market Brief
The smart home or home automation market is heating up across the globe. In fact, on a per…
The Internet of Things and Smart Energy Networks
The Internet of Things (IoT)—or “Internet of Everything”—is a term describing the emerging global…
U.S. Severe Weather Electricity Outage Survey, Summary of Findings
In the summary of findings playback based on the Ventyx, an ABB company commissioned survey, U.S.…
In-Depth Look at Winter Outages & Extreme Weather, Presented by Ventyx, KCPL, & OGE
U.S. utilities in are in the midst of a tremendous change in technology and operations from source…