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In Texas, You Only Shop Half the Bill — Your Zip Code Sets the Other Half
Texas is held up as the model of retail electric competition: pick your provider, pick your plan, switch anytime. That's true — but it describes only part of the bill. The other part isn't competitive...
TEXAS
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ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
Your Estimated-Read Rate Is a Volume Metric — It Won't Tell You Which Estimates Are Wrong
Every meter-to-cash operation tracks an estimated-read rate. Two percent, four percent, whatever the number is this month — it goes in the report, and if it holds steady, nobody asks a follow-up ...
INTERNET OF THINGS AND SMART DEVICES
Context Is the Missing Layer : Why AI and Digital Twins Need More Than Utility Data
Utilities do not have a shortage of data. In fact, most have more operational data today than at any point in their history. SCADA provides real-time measurements. GIS understands location and network...
NATIONAL GRID
WATER RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT
Michigan’s complex and controversial hydropower deal faces more delay
By Kennedy Maize Michigan regulators have granted Consumers Energy a two-month delay in dealing with its controversial plan to sell 13 small and elderly hydroelectric plants to a Maryland-based private...
MICHIGANCONSUMERS ENERGY
ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SYSTEMS
Beyond 3D Automating Substation Engineering.
Beyond 3D: Automating Substation Engineering By Ebazer Khairetdinov The electric power industry has made significant progress in moving substation engineering from two-dimensional drawings toward three-...