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90% of Utilities are Using Old Analytics Tools but Expecting New Results
2013-09-18 20:03:00| Transmission & Distribution World
BRIDGE Energy Group's Utility Industry Survey on Business Intelligence & Analytics indicated that most utilities are still hampered by managing data through basic reporting and dashboards (55%) and that they are not able to analyze data beyond description, classification and clustering. read more
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In a sign reforms to come, newcomers snap at heels of Japan's utilities
2013-09-15 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Fukushima nuclear disaster is driving one of Japan's biggest industry overhauls since World War Two, as new, nimble suppliers take business from the big regional power monopolies, and manufacturers, from steelmakers to drinks firms, generate their own power and sell what they don't need. The 10 powerful regional utilities, which still supply around 90 percent of Japan's electricity - even with the country's nuclear industry virtually idled since the 2011 disaster - are expected to be broken...
Switch from Coal to Gas Poses Some Risks for Utilities, Says Study
2013-09-13 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The unprecedented boom in natural gas production from places like Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio should make those densely populated regions self-sufficient in gas production by 2020, which in turn could encourage more electric utility fuel switching, according to two top energy sector analysts with Navigant Research. But utilities will still face a difficult set of questions when charting the future of power generation, including whether to invest billions of dollars in environmental controls...
Why Are Some Big Utilities Embracing Small-Scale Solar Power?
2013-09-12 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A handful of U.S. utilities have discovered they can save money by encouraging small rooftop solar projectsthe same projects utility industry leaders have insisted were too expensive and unreliable to be practical. The Long Island Power Authority [3] (LIPA) in New York, for instance, is paying developers to build solar panels on top of buildings in tiny towns that are experiencing population booms but don't have enough electric grid infrastructure to bring in the electricity they need. The pilot...
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Aresimowicz Calls for Meeting with Northeast Utilities on IT Outsourcing
2013-09-10 05:19:28| Energy - Topix.net
Hundreds of jobs could soon be leaving Connecticut as a merger between Northeast Utilities and NSTAR continues to push forward, but House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz is asking for a sit down with company officials before any rash changes are made.
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