How Louisville Water delivered a successful asset management overhaul

06/10/21

Obe Everett with Louisville Water discusses their project success with with Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management (WAM) in this cover story for Water World magazine.

How technology is helping to sustain the planet: 6 bright ideas

05/14/21

Oracle Utilities Opower's work with National Grid on energy savings is featured in this Fast Company round up of cutting-edge "planet-sustaining endeavors."

The green disconnect, part 1

05/12/21

Our own Paul McDonald moderates a discussion on the renewed U.S. government focus on climate change in Energy Central's Clean Energy Professionals community.

All customers, large and small, get SoCalGas' Darren Hanway's attention

03/05/21

Western Energy Institute profiles Oracle Utilities' customer SoCalGas' secret weapon Darren Hanway, manager of the utility's energy programs and strategy.

How hard is it to build a virtual power plant anyway?

03/02/21

Our own Brad Williams helps answer that question in depth in this article from T&D World online.

Smart data drives Japanese utility's success

01/22/21

Smart Energy International's Global Power & Energy Elites looks at the partnership between Japanese power utility Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. and Oracle Utilities in this special annual issue. (In English and Japanese.)

Energy company takes aim at climate change

01/04/21

National Grid's Net Zero by 2050 plan is aimed at building a more sustainable world for future generations.

The time is now for decarbonization

12/14/20

Oracle Utilities Opower's own Brad Langley unpacks the two fundamental truths for utility decarbonization in this article from Utility Dive.

Transforming Municipal Water Performance

11/11/20

Oracle Utilities strategist Kate Rowland explores the economic challenges of running a muni water utility during a pandemic in this recent article with Water & Wastes Digest.

4 Notes on Innovative Grid Restoration from 3 Utilities

10/21/20

Three utility executives "two in the U.S. and one from Europe" sat down to talk to Oracle Utilities analyst Kathleen Wolf Davis about the storms they're weathered (literally) and what they've learned from those storms (figuratively).

The Sweatpants Effect

10/05/20

Opower's Alex Panchula explains how the working world is living in sweatpants these days and what that's doing to energy demand residentially as part of Zpryme's special contributor series.

The World Needs Quick Wins to Fight Against Climate Change

10/01/20

Opower's Matt O'Keefe goes in depth on the role of utilities in the clean energy future in this edition of the Western Energy Institute's magazine.

Miami Dade's Water and Sewer dishes on poop and COVID-19

09/22/20

Oracle Utilities analyst Kathleen Wolf Davis interviews the director of Miami Dade's Dept. of Water and Sewer about numerical variants, the current health crisis (and how the utility is helping with research) and what numbers dominate his day. (Hint: It's not COVID; it is effluent.)

Utilities See Logistical Nightmares, Emotional Anguish as Pandemic Continues

09/01/20

Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Eversource, ComEd and Oracle Utilities' own Brad Williams discuss COVID-19's ongoing impacts on the industry.

Changing Grid Topologies Require a New Approach to OT Architectures

08/19/20

Industry strategist Allison Salke unpacks why utilities are turning to the Operational Technology Message Bus (OTMB) to create a scalable platform for the future.

AI is Transforming How Utilities Plan for Adverse Weather Events

08/02/20

Our own Francois Vazille, VP of JPAC & EMEA, advises that utilities need to increasingly rethink how they use data, innovation and intelligence to plan for outages and restoration efforts.

Podcast #4: Digitalization's Role in the Utility of the Future

07/31/20

Oracle Utilities thought leader Mike Ballard discusses how deeper insights into the network and improved efficiency, especially in a time of social distancing, is also providing utilities with the ability to remotely control and monitor a multitude of devices.

Utilities Forge Beyond SCADA with Oracle Advanced Distribution Management

07/01/20

Our own Brad Williams gives T&D World a view inside the evolution of SCADA in this recent article.

Make Enterprise Optimization a Virtual Journey

06/26/20

Our own assets SME Jack Lucy reveals how every utility can get the most from their systems and processes today (and tomorrow, too) in Utility Products magazine online.

Accelerating Urban Water Resilience through Innovation and Technology

06/15/20

Oracle Utilities' industry strategist Kate Rowland discusses the increasing stress on water systems around the globe in this recent issue of WaterWorld magazine.

4 Things Utilities Want Their Customers To Hear

06/04/20

In this Forbes piece, our own Paul McDonald reveals a handful of insights on both what consumers are looking for from utilities and vice versa.

Emerging Tech in Utilities

04/15/20

Oracle Utilities› Matt Gleeson examines the importance of new tech in India’s power sector in this piece for DQ Channels magazine.

Podcast: Technology for Managing Distributed Energy Resources

04/09/20

Our own Brad Williams (aka #TheGridGuy) touches on a number of topics, including how DERMS, electric vehicles, and how utilities are dealing with the proliferation of edge devices and data in this podcast from Power magazine.

Navigant Names Top Vendors for Advanced Distribution Management Systems

04/07/20

T&D World magazine covers a new report from Navigant Research on ADMS, revealing the high rank of Oracle Utilities in the mix.

How Utility Messaging is Adapting to the Moment

04/06/20

In T&D World magazine's online community, Opower's Paul McDonald writes about how utilities are working hard to help their customers navigate the COVID-19 crisis with the right message at the right moment for health, comfort and safety.

Cloudy Skies Ahead for Utilities

04/03/20

Brian Bradford from Industry Solutions looks at how utilities are optimizing their customer engagement using cloud computing, plus other factors driving utilities to adopt cloud technologies in Smart Energy International.

Energy Affordability in Practice: Oracle Utilities Opower’s Business Intelligence to Meet Low and Moderate Income Need at Eversource

03/01/20

Opower teammates Jessica Lin, Kara Rodgers Marshall, Sanem Kabaca, Matt Frades and David Ware dive deep into a first-of-its-kind analytical approach to characterize communities in need and target the customers who need help in this upcoming issue of The Electricity Journal.

Promoting Energy-Conscious Behaviour That Could Lower Energy Usage and Bills

02/04/20

Oracle Utilities’ Matt Gleeson discusses working with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) to test the first territory-wide Home Energy Report (HER) programme in India.

Utilities Jumping on the Blockchain Train

01/28/20

Oracle Utilities’ Francois Vazille unpacks how blockchain will impact utilities in the JPAC region and beyond.