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The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

By Tom Raftery on November 24, 2015

The utilities industry has typically been change averse, and often for good reasons, but with the technological advances of the past few years, the low carbon imperative, and pressure from customers, utilities are going to have to figure out how to disrupt their business, or they will themselves be disrupted. I gave the opening keynote […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged demand side management, disruption, electricity, Electricity 2.0, IoT, solar, utilities

IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

By Tom Raftery on March 5, 2015

IBM invited me to attend their Cloud and Mobile Conference InterConnect 2015 last week. Because of what IBM has done globally to help people get access to safe water, to help with solar forecasting, and to help deliver better outcomes in healthcare, for example, I tend to have a very positive attitude towards IBM. So […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, Cloud, cloud emissions, Electricity 2.0, greenqloud, ibm, ibminterconnect, interconnect, Internet of Things, IoT, smart grids, SoftLayer, utilities

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

By Tom Raftery on November 21, 2014

I was asked to speak at the recent SAP TechEd && d-code (yes, two ampersands, that’s the branding, not a typo) on the topic of the Internet of Things and Energy. This is a curious space, because, while the Internet of Things is all the rage now in the consumer space, the New Black, as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged demand response, electricity, Electricity 2.0, Internet of Things, IoT, renewables, smart grid, utilities

GE publishes Grid Resiliency survey

GE publishes Grid Resiliency survey

By Tom Raftery on November 7, 2014

GE’s Digital Energy business produced this infographic recently, based on the results of its Grid Resiliency Survey measuring the U.S. public’s current perception of the power grid. The survey was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of GE from May 02-06, 2014 among 2,049 adults ages 18 and older and from June 3-5, 2014 among […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Electricity 2.0, ge digital energy, grid resilience, renewables, Survey, utilities | 1 Response

Customer service, in-memory computing, and cloud? The utility industry is changing.

Customer service, in-memory computing, and cloud? The utility industry is changing.

By Tom Raftery on September 18, 2014

I attended this year’s North American SAP for Utilities event and I was pleasantly surprised by some of the things I found there. The utilities industry (electricity, gas, and water) are regulated industries which can’t go down (or at least, shouldn’t go down). Because of this, the industry is very slow to change (the old […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged utilities

Utilities should open up API’s to their smart meter data

Utilities should open up API’s to their smart meter data

By Tom Raftery on October 21, 2013

The world of utilities is changing with the roll out of smart meters. One of the biggest changes will be the wealth of data that utility companies will suddenly be flooded with. As we noted in a previous post on GreenMonk, Centrica has: 18 million residential accounts and one million business accounts. Right now they […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged API, APIs, centrica, developers, greenmonk, hackathon, kingmakers, Public utility, smart meter, smart meter data, smart meters, utilities | 1 Response

Social media and utility companies

Social media and utility companies

By Tom Raftery on April 12, 2013

I’m moderating a panel discussion on social media and utilities at next week’s SAP for Utilities event in Copenhagen. My fellow panelists will include two representatives from utility companies, and one from SAP. This is not new ground for me, I have given the closing keynotes at the SAP for Utilities in San Antonio in […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Facebook, Knowledge Management, recruitment, retention, social medai, social software, socialutils, Twitter, utilities, utility companies

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

By Tom Raftery on February 4, 2011

And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a […]

Posted in Business | Tagged arctic oscillation, arctic sea ice, cleantech, climate change, distributech, Energy, energy efficiency, europe, fuel prices, global warming, GreenNumbers, nsidc, petrol, smart grid, utilities

No, energy is not too cheap!

No, energy is not too cheap!

By Tom Raftery on November 4, 2010

Is energy too cheap to motivate consumers to change their habits and use less?

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged cheap energy, communications, electrical utility, Energy, energy responsive, power utilities, smart grid, utilities, utility | 1 Response

Utilities developing more of a customer focus

Utilities developing more of a customer focus

By Tom Raftery on September 26, 2010

I attended the SAP for Utilities conference earlier this week in Huntington Beach and I have to say I am impressed by the progress American utility companies are making towards being more customer centric! The event was titled Sustainability for the New Energy Era and there was a full track dedicated to Smart Grids (obviously […]

Posted in Business | Tagged conferences, Municipal Utility District, sap, sap for utilities, saputils, smart grid, Sustainability, utilities | 1 Response

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