Increasingly utilities are seeking to automate demand response processes by integrating demand response management systems to their back office IT infrastructure while, offering their industrial, commercial and residential customer's value-add services within their demand side management programs. Watch this on demand webinar featuring a real life demand response case study from Andrew Hortsman, Manager of Load Response from Wabash Valley Power.

Establishing a strategic data and analytics vision is paramount; however, the history of data and analytics is littered with grand plans that have been bogged down under the weight of their own complexity. Wherever possible, we provide tips for getting smart grid data analytics up and running quickly and with a limited number of dependencies.

Gartner released their Magic Quadrant for Meter Data Management Products, for buyers of meter data management software in the energy and utilities sector, they map vendors' product offerings in this emerging market.

Burbank Water and Power (BWP) needed the ability to handle large amounts of meter data from their new Smart Meters. By using the eMeter® EnergyIP® meter data management software platform and applications, the public utility and its customers now have access to granular consumption data. This ensures that both the utility and customers are able to make better decisions about energy and water consumption, and ultimately conserve resources.

With data Validation, Estimation and Editing (VEE), utilities can instantly verify the accuracy of data and make corrections in real-time. Problematic data from meter data collection systems is identified and addressed before it reaches other utility systems.