• Lighting the Way

    Persistent climate change concerns, volatile energy prices and a growing awareness of technological advancement in energy are leading consumers across the globe ... Read Article

    Infrastructure and the Economy

    With utility infrastructure aging rapidly, reliability of service is threatened. Yet the economy is hurting, unemployment is accelerating, environmental mandates are rising, ... Read Article

    At Your Service

    Today's utility companies are being driven to upgrade their aging transmission and distribution networks in the face of escalating energy generation costs, ... Read Article

    The Smart Grid in Malta

    On the Mediterranean island of Malta, with a population of about 400,000 people on a land mass of just over 300 square ... Read Article

    Customer Relationships and the Economy

    A little over a year ago, the challenges facing the global energy and utilities market were driving a significant wedge between utilities ... Read Article

    An Australian Approach to Energy Innovation and Collaboration

    Just as global demand for energy is steadily increasing, so too, are the recognized costs of power generation. A recent report about ... Read Article

    Be a People Person

    I have to admit it. Despite all the exciting new technologies out there, I am finding myself to be a people person ... Read Article

    Power and Patience

    The U.S. utility industry - particularly the electric-producing branch of it, there also are natural gas and water utilities - has found ... Read Article

    Managing the Plant Data Lifecycle

    Intelligent Plant Lifecycle Management (iPLM) is the process of managing a generation facility's data and information throughout its lifetime - from initial ... Read Article

    Surviving the Turmoil

    With the new administration talking about a trillion dollars of infrastructure investment, the time for the intelligent utility of the future is ... Read Article

    Business Process Improvement

    In the past, the utility industry could consider itself exempt from market drivers like those listed above. However, today's utilities are immersed ... Read Article

    Future of Learning

    The nuclear power industry is facing significant employee turnover, which may be exacerbated by the need to staff new nuclear units. To ... Read Article

    Modeling Distribution Demand Reduction

    In the past, distribution demand reduction was a technique used only in emergency situations a few times a year - if that. ... Read Article

    Measuring Smart Metering's Progress

    Smart or advanced electricity metering, using a fixed network communications path, has been with us since pioneering installations in the US Midwest ... Read Article

    Managing Communications Change

    Change is being forced upon the utilities industry. Business drivers range from stakeholder pressure for greater efficiency to the changing technologies involved ... Read Article
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