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Stop Wildfires Before They Start – For Less Than $10K

Stop Wildfires Before They Start – For Less Than $10K

Every fire season brings new horrors and hardships for people living in dry or drought-prone areas....

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3 Reasons Point-to-Multipoint RF Networks Work for Utilities

3 Reasons Point-to-Multipoint RF Networks Work for Utilities

Our century-old distribution system has aged remarkably well, but the centralized, top-down power...

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How to Modernize Your Distribution Network without Breaking a Sweat, or the Bank? Ask DTE Energy

How to Modernize Your Distribution Network without Breaking a Sweat, or the Bank? Ask DTE Energy

We often take it for granted that when we flick a switch or push a button, the lights will...

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How Utilities Can Leverage Data Analytics in a Pandemic World

How Utilities Can Leverage Data Analytics in a Pandemic World

The global COVID-19 pandemic is changing how we live and work in ways that are not yet well...

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5 Reasons RF Communications Networks Help Rural Electric Co-ops

5 Reasons RF Communications Networks Help Rural Electric Co-ops

Implementing advanced metering infrastructure using wireless RF-based networks poses special...

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How User-Centered Design Serves Utilities

How User-Centered Design Serves Utilities

With our newest software headend solution, AclaraONE™, we have brought a host of new capabilities...

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Optimized Operations: It’s Easier with Analytics

Optimized Operations: It’s Easier with Analytics

Utilities are on board with the benefits analytics can bring. According to a 2018 BRIDGE Index...

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7 No-Fail Tips to Optimize the Grid

7 No-Fail Tips to Optimize the Grid

If you looked up the word “optimization” in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, you’d find a...

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4 Benefits of Remotely Monitoring Substations with Smart Grid Sensors

4 Benefits of Remotely Monitoring Substations with Smart Grid Sensors

Many cooperative and public power utilities have limited budgets and limited staff to manage their...

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How Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Utility Operations

How Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Utility Operations

At one point during the recent DistribuTECH 2020 conference, as I was attending talk after talk...

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3 Ways Smart Grid Sensors Mitigate Wildfire Risks

3 Ways Smart Grid Sensors Mitigate Wildfire Risks

In the last few years, devastating wildfires have ripped through many areas of the U.S. and globe....

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Frost & Sullivan Award Identifies How the AclaraONE Platform Excels

Frost & Sullivan Award Identifies How the AclaraONE Platform Excels

Distribution utilities can utilize a wide range of software products to help them use data to...

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How AMI Fits into the Fight Against Climate Change

How AMI Fits into the Fight Against Climate Change

In a survey taken this past Earth Day, Researchers at the Pew Research Center found that a majority...

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6 Reasons to Choose Synchronous, Zero-Voltage Close Capacitor Switches

6 Reasons to Choose Synchronous, Zero-Voltage Close Capacitor Switches

When the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, MO installed the Outlaw Run, one of the...

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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...

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Early Leak Detection Made Simple with Underground Acoustic Leak-Detection Sensors

Early Leak Detection Made Simple with Underground Acoustic Leak-Detection Sensors

In 2017, Orlando residents saw firsthand the negative effects of what could happen when a...

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