Data Analytics

Data analytics plays a critical role in optimizing grid operations, enhancing reliability, and improving decision-making for utilities. This topic explores how utilities are leveraging big data, AI-driven insights, and predictive analytics to improve asset management, outage detection, demand forecasting, and customer engagement. Discussions will also focus on integrating real-time data, improving situational awareness, and developing strategies to harness the full potential of utility data.

Core Concepts

  • Data-driven decision making
  • Real-time operational analytics
  • Predictive analytics
  • Prescriptive analytics
  • Historical trend analysis
  • Data visualization
  • Big data management
  • Data governance and quality control
  • Advanced metering data utilization
  • KPI tracking and performance benchmarking
Session

Data analytics educational opportunities

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10:45 AM
  1. Scaling AI: From Prototype to Organizational Program
    Grand Ballroom A
    45 mins
    Join Pavan Visram, Director of Cloud Technology, and Dylan Appenzeller, AI and Data Senior Manager, as they share Eversource's journey from isolated AI proofs of concept to a growing enterprise-wide A …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Pavan Visram
    Pavan Visram, Director Cloud, DevSecOps, AI & Corporate Functions - Eversource
    Speaker image for Dylan Appenzeller
    Dylan Appenzeller, Data and AI Senior Manager - Accenture
1:45 PM
  1. From Pilot to Production: How AI Is Actually Transforming the Grid
    Grand Ballroom C&D
    45 mins
    The energy industry has no shortage of AI pilots. The harder problem is scale. This session examines what separates enterprise AI programs that deliver measurable outcomes from the ones that stall. Dr …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Venky Rao
    Venky Rao, Global Client Partner, National Grid - IBM
    Speaker image for Simon Baker
    Simon Baker, CIDO New England and US Customer - National Grid
  2. Inside the Meter: How National Grid, Landis+Gyr, and Sense Are Building the Edge Intelligence Layer
    Grand Ballroom A
    45 mins
    Landis+Gyr will provide context on the Revelo meter architecture, designed in partnership with National Grid, to support not just traditional AMI functions—interval data, outage detection, remote conn …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Dan Tripp
    Dan Tripp, VP AMI, Process and Performance - National Grid
    Speaker image for Faisal Khan
    Faisal Khan, Sr. Regional Operations Director NE - Landis+Gyr
    Speaker image for Jordana Temlock
    Jordana Temlock, Head of Utility Business Development - Sense  
12:30 PM
  1. Crossing Chasm: Why Scaling AI is the Next Great Utility Frontier
    Grand Ballroom A
    45 mins
    In the modern utility landscape, the industry has been characterized by a flurry of pilot programs, from small-scale, highly controlled experiments designed to test the potential of Artificial Intelli …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jimmy Liu
    Jimmy Liu, Lead Data Scientist - Eversource Energy
    Speaker image for Salah Khuhro
    Salah Khuhro, Senior Vice President - OATI
    Speaker image for Pavel Ozhogin
    Pavel Ozhogin, Head of Data Science and ML Engineering - National Grid
    Speaker image for Joyce Solomon
    Joyce Solomon, Data Science and Analytics Manager - Southern Company Services

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