In an article for Smart Grid Northwest, Guidehouse explains how utilities can sort through large amounts of data to find operational insights
As advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) rolls out across North America, utilities are becoming inundated with data — and faced with the question of what to do with it.
In an article for Smart Grid Northwest, Erik Gilbert, director at Guidehouse, shared six tips to help utilities glean operational insights from large amounts of AMI data.
Gilbert compiled the tips from a panel session held at the GridFWD 2018 conference, where industry experts shared their experiences with AMI data, as well as the benefits it can provide, including reduced service interruptions, more accurate billing, and cost savings from manual meter reads and avoided truck rolls.
For utilities looking to benefit from their rapidly growing AMI databases, Gilbert suggests:
"The utilities on the panel agreed there are still many unknowns about where the biggest value lies in AMI data," Gilbert said. "But, operational benefits are already being broadly gained, and many use-cases show promise for additional grid efficiency."