Aclara Blog

Follow our blog to keep up on the latest electric, water and gas industry trends, technology and best practices.

Electric utilities

How One Rural Electric Co-op Gets the Jump on Power Outages

How One Rural Electric Co-op Gets the Jump on Power Outages

The dispersed population of most cooperatives presents unique challenges in servicing members. One...

Continue Reading
4 Takeaways from DistribuTECH 2019

4 Takeaways from DistribuTECH 2019

We spent last week in New Orleans at the #DistribuTECH2019 conference in New Orleans (and yes, the...

Continue Reading
A Super Bowl of Power Quality

A Super Bowl of Power Quality

Each year as the Super Bowl approaches, the conversations around power quality begin to peak. Well,...

Continue Reading
Why Distribution Automation Can’t Be Ignored

Why Distribution Automation Can’t Be Ignored

Chances are, you already know you should eat at least three cups of vegetables and a couple of cups...

Continue Reading
10 Reasons to Choose Power Line Communication For Your AMI Job

10 Reasons to Choose Power Line Communication For Your AMI Job

I consider myself to be a reasonably adept DIY guy around the house. In the process of completing a...

Continue Reading
Protecting Overhead Lines: Why Transient Faults Matter and How to Minimize Them

Protecting Overhead Lines: Why Transient Faults Matter and How to Minimize Them

For residential customers, momentary outages may be just an annoyance, a reason to reprogram the...

Continue Reading
How To Select the Right Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Technology

How To Select the Right Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Technology

Rural electric cooperatives provide power for one in every eight Americans and provide power to...

Continue Reading
Four Factors Driving Load Control Programs

Four Factors Driving Load Control Programs

Direct load control programs, which involve remotely switching consumer loads on and off, are a key...

Continue Reading
How Utilities Can Fight Back Against Obsolescence

How Utilities Can Fight Back Against Obsolescence

Our electric power grid is under stress. A conglomeration of loosely interconnected systems that...

Continue Reading
3 Reasons You Should Invest In Smart Grid Sensors to Improve Circuits Performance

3 Reasons You Should Invest In Smart Grid Sensors to Improve Circuits Performance

Here are a few facts you may not have realized until now… Electric lines are blamed for 9% of...

Continue Reading
Ï