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Many utilities still operate their back office information technology (IT) in separate “silos” that are poorly integrated. Now the electric power industry is turning its attention to creating the same kind of “enterprise class” systems that have been popular in other industries for the past two decades. The Smart Grid build out will require many utilities to invest heavily in modernizing their back office operations – and as you’ll learn in this section, some familiar names from the computing industry are offering high-power technologies custom-tailored for them.
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As locales around the world implement smart grids, the next wave will be smart cities. In a special post for Smart Grid News, Forrester researcher Usman Sindhu and analyst Doug Washburn explain the smart city initiative and why utility CIOs and CTOs need to be part of the conversation. |
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After updating you on Cisco and GE Smart Grid strategies in recent posts, today Jesse Berst zooms in on IBM, which he’s calling the Smart Grid’s first and only super integrator. Do you agree? Click inside for a quick look at Big Blue's far-reaching role in our ecosystem (and a chance to nominate IBM strategies you want to know more about). |
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Grid Net and Oracle are partnering to provide advanced distribution management systems and meter data management technology to support utilities' Smart Grid installations. The solutions are intended to enhance grid reliability and allow utilities to make smarter energy choices. |
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Over the next decade utilities will need powerful new capabilities to scale up all sorts of offerings for all sorts of customers in all sorts of service territories using all sorts of rate plans. Some refer to this array of services as “energy happy hours” – and today Jesse Berst introduces two forward-looking companies with plans to host them. |
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The Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon Communications will conduct a study of the communications and IT needs of U.S. utilities. The outcome is intended to be a report detailing how utilities and the telecommunications industry should deal with critical infrastructure communications in the Smart Grid environment. |
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Until recently most utilities were an Internet backwater, according to security expert Andy Bochman. Utility IT folks and their technology consultants worked in relative obscurity. But those days are gone, and Andy says there’s good reason why utility IT systems are under scrutiny today. Click inside for details. |
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Data management experts from Accenture answer questions from participants in our High Performance in Data Management webinar. In this segment: Is the IEC Common Info Model part of the DMTF CIM standards effort? |
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Data management experts from Accenture answer questions from participants in our High Performance in Data Management webinar. In this segment: How distributed do you recommend for data and analytics architectures? |
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Data management experts from Accenture answer questions from participants in our High Performance in Data Management webinar. In this segment: Why isn’t a giant data warehouse a good option for managing meter data? |
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Data management experts from Accenture answer questions from participants in our High Performance in Data Management webinar. In this segment: What is the industry definition of SOA and EDA? |
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So you think you're ready for Smart Grid implementation? This paper from Power System Engineering may have you thinking twice. It illustrates the enterprise impact on a utility of implementing a Smart Grid system and the business need for establishing both project management methods and a Project Management Office (PMO). |
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What does the big Y2K scare at the turn of the century have in common with today’s Smart Grid roll-outs? Security expert Andy Bochman recalls that perceived Y2K threats and remediation costs were used to justify new apps and the shuttering of older apps and systems. It became a catalyst for modernization and efficiency – and Andy believes that same ‘taking stock’ drill could be a boon to utilities readying for the Smart Grid. |
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Entergy, a Fortune 500 company with 14,300 employees, produces and delivers electric power to 2.7 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The company has captured trillions of records from its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and its more than 320,000 SCADA objects. To better extract value from SCADA data, the utility deployed a real-time data storage application, called Pegasus RDS, which was created by Microsoft partner Nobadeer Software. |
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This eight page white paper, intended for business decision-makers, is organized into two sections followed by a brief conclusion. The first section, The Networking Challenge, identifies many Smart Grid applications and assesses the individual and collective demands these applications place on a utility’s communications infrastructure. The second section, Application Domain Partitioning for the Smart Grid, explains how utilities can employ various virtual networking and traffic management techniques to achieve a successful implementation. |
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As this overview discusses, primary drivers for selecting OSIsoft PI at CPS Energy were the ability to create custom displays easier, to retrieve data quickly and easily using common tools such as Excel, plus dissatisfaction with performance of existing historian and a desire to make use of the multiple interface capability (T&D EMS, Gas SCADA, Modbus, etc.) and to provide access to data for staff in corporate offices.
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Geospatial Information Management (GIS) and Field Force Automation (FFA) have been converging. As today's featured white paper from Ventyx points out, the result can lead to both improved workforce productivity and more effective asset management. Click inside to get a better sense of what this can mean for your organization. |
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Ohio's American Electric Power has selected S&C Energy Company, an innovative Smart Grid player specializing in electricity reliability, to participate in its gridSMART Project in Ohio. The demonstration project will include a variety of Smart Grid technologies, including distribution, utility back office and consumer programs. |
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Hewlett-Packard will buy network equipment manufacturer 3Com for $2.7 billion in a bid to grow its business in China and its network gear operations — and, ultimately, to challenge networking giant Cisco. Looks like a battle brewing for some of the action in the Smart Grid space. |
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Microsoft says its new software architecture will help identify and solve issues that arise as utilities align their IT and business processes to integrate with Smart Grid technologies. |
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Southern Company’s rapid business growth had created server sprawl, threatening to outstrip the available data center space and driving up costs by consuming more energy each year. Virtualizing and consolidating on Dell PowerEdge R900 servers with the Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series enables the Southern Company IT team to save data center space, reduce costs, and increase energy efficiency. |
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FERC study projects big savings from demand response... VC warns of clean tech bubble... Areva’s new alliance adds back office expertise to Smart Grid offerings... Congress hears the downside of federal transmission siting authority... NIST publishes interim Smart Grid standards document |
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This eight-page white paper from EDS purports to discuss "global energy trends." In reality, it doesn't say much more than "technology can be useful" and "EDS can be helpful." |
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This paper describes the benefits of project portfolio management (PPM), a tool supported process by which organizations select projects and manage project portfolios using techniques similar to those employed by financial managers to optimize investment portfolios. Organizations, including utilities, are adopting PPM mainly because it enables them to make better project choices and, thereby, create more value while reducing risk. |
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A 22-slide presentation from a system integrator. Begins with an overview of the Smart Grid, its impact on utilities and the relevant provisions in the Stimulus bill. Concludes with the case study of using IBM WebSphere DataPower to provide a secure architecture for building Smart Grid applications. |
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A five-page white paper from a vendor explaining the IT and back office implications of smart meters and smart grids. The paper points out that metering and distribution automation will create a flood of data and suggest how utilities should prepare for the changes. |
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New petition for evidence quality in SmartGrid ops
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