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How Public Utilities Can Turn Information Silos into Information Grids

When the Electric Power Board (EPB)
in Chattanooga,
Te nn .,
started thinking about its long-range vision, the
publicly owned utility quickly realized it wanted a power
distribution system that was intelligent, interactive and self-
healing. "We envisioned leveraging the power of connected
applications, data analytics and real-time control of every
device on our distribution network," said President and
COO David Wade in an interview with the Center for Digital
Government (CDG).

To take full advantage of the opportunities within such
a system, EPB knew it would need an infrastructure that
supports the sharing and analysis of high volumes of data
coming from thousands of smart meters, switches, sensors
and other distributed endpoints.

Welcome to the future for municipal and cooperatively
owned utilities. These organizations collect mountains of
data — and they’re poised to collect even more as the power
grid itself becomes more instrumented and intelligent. Most
utilities, however, don’t tap into the true power of this data
because it’s locked up in individual systems and silos. But
that’s starting to change.

Paper: https://afd34ee8b0806295b5a7-9fbee7de8d51db511b5de86d75069107.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/CDG16_WHITE_PAPER_SoftwareAG_V.pdf

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