APS and SEPA Fact-Find in Australia, Part 2
T&D
Conversation with Arizona Public Service VP of Transmission and Distribution Operations Tony Tewelis and Smart Electric Power Alliance CEO Sheri Givens.
Law & Lawyers
DistribuTECH: Gautam Aggarwal, Maria Kretzing
Bidgely
“Our core is smart meter data. Bidgely is an energy intelligence company that applies AI and machine learning on top of data to decipher that data, demystify the data, and create value for utilities to serve their customers on the grid side.”
Engineering the EV Charging Revolution
1898 & Co./Burns & McDonnell
“On fleet transition studies, we’ve been looking at sites in terms of how we best engineer electric vehicle charging infrastructure. We approach this from a perspective that considers changes behind the meter, impacts we are going to create on the grid side, and upgrades to incorporate on the grid.”
It's Conference Season, What We're Hearing
Snippets from CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Snippets from CERAWeek by S&P Global.
DistribuTECH: Hari Krishnamurthy
Capgemini
“This transformation involves not only the adoption of new technology but also business process improvements that promote compliance with various departments. Our primary focus is on delivering business outcomes and not just a technology upgrade.”
Growing the Grid
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
“We’re seeing increased congestion leading to increased costs and reliability challenges in the last couple of years. The issue has ripened.”
Cooperative Power Comes Together Again in Nashville
NRECA's PowerXchange
Conversations with NRECA CEO Jim Matheson, Middle Tennessee Electric CEO Chris Jones, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas CEO Buddy Hasten, and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative CEO Suzanne Lane.
DistribuTECH: Chris Thorson, Frank Fata, Nathan Yang
FLO
“We offer to customers the option to manually configure, like some people want to maintain control of thermostats. We offer it through the app so they can decide when they want to charge.”
Keeping More Molecules in the Pipeline
ZEVAC
“The distribution companies are first looking at our products to be as clean as possible, but when operations folks realize they can avoid the hassle and operating expenses that come with those permits, notifications, and leak response truck rolls, there’s a real cost savings too.”
NRECA's PowerXchange: Jim Matheson
NRECA
“We’re different because we’re not like for-profit entities. We serve usually the hardest to the most expensive places in America based on lack of population density.”