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&B
    45 mins
    Join Pavan Visram, Director of Cloud Technology, and Julie Nee, IT Manager of Artificial Intelligence, as they share Eversource's journey from isolated AI proofs of concept to a growing enterprise-wid …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Julie Nee
    Julie Nee, AI Manager - Eversource
    Speaker image for Pavan Visram
    Pavan Visram, Director Cloud, DevSecOps, AI & Corporate Functions - Eversource
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
12:30 PM
  1. Crossing Chasm: Why Scaling AI is the Next Great Utility Frontier
    Grand Ballroom A&B
    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 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
    Speaker image for Kevin Ding
    Kevin Ding, Director, Operational Technology Solutions - Centerpoint Energy
    Speaker image for Valli Muthukaruppan
    Valli Muthukaruppan, Principal Quantitative Engineer - Exelon

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