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POV on Cloud Computing for Utilities

Accenture

Cloud computing has tremendous value propositions in driving safe, clean, and affordable utility services and infrastructure, which are the very premises the regulatory bodies want to ascertain. Utilities lag significantly behind other industries in adopting cloud computing, primarily because of the disincentives imposed by traditional regulatory accounting. This article discusses the urgency for utilities and regulators to accelerate their journey to the cloud and the steps to be taken to embark on that journey.

Grid Transformation: NERC's CEO Concerned

NERC

“We’ve been seeing the risk to the system and the risk of the system not being able to perform increasing. We started to see that in 2018. Then every year since, we’ve seen in our assessments, more areas experiencing these risks and the pace increasing.”

MISO Moves on Upper Midwest Transmission

MISO

“MISO recently approved what they call their LRTP, Long Range Transmission Plan Tranche One – 18 projects spread out from North Dakota to Michigan, including Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.”