Data Informed´s Marketing Analytics and Customer Engagement provides marketing, sales, and customer support managers with the information they need to create an effective data-driven customer strategy. more...

Managing the Migration to IP/Ethernet to Facilitate the Smart Grid 2-5 July 2013 – Le Plaza Brussels, Belgium 2-Day Conference: Wednesday 3rd & Thursday 4th July 2013 Pre-Conference Fundamentals of IP/Ethernet Workshop: Tuesday 2nd July 2013 Post-Conference Security Seminar: Friday 5th July 2013 more...

With over 3,100 exhibitors and 100,000 visitors spanning four continents, Intersolar is the world's leading exhibition series for the solar industry. more...

The National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid™ is the premier event in the US focused on the business and policy aspects of demand response and its enabling technologies and applications. It is unique in that it devotes an entire day to roundtable discussions featuring experts in demand response and smart grid, who discuss with each other and with the audience the latest trends, issues, and business developments. more...

Business Continuity & Organizational Resilience for Utilities Embarking on a Holistic Approach to Business Resiliency and Disaster Recovery Through Utmost Contingency Planning and Execution 17-18 Jul 2013 Atlanta, GA - Venue to be Confirmed, United States of America more...

The Electric Utility Ratemaking Conference, July 16-18, 2013 in Atlanta, GA, will enable attendees to manage cost and revenue with transparency. Gain an understanding of when and how to implement a variety of solutions such as time of use rates, real-time pricing, straight fixed variable rate design, and options that address the needs of a society that is becoming mor4e and more energy conscious. Share best practices for top utilities across the country known for successful rate tailoring and implementation. more...

Transmission delays have become the biggest roadblock to meeting renewable portfolio standards in the Western states. What will it take to get wind power integrated into the Western grid and what are the consequences or further delays? more...

The retail, financial and telecommunications industries have long focused on customers analytics to survive in a world of cutthroat competition. Most utilities just don't face this sort of intense competition, but new data, new programs, and even new competition (think solar energy providers) are changing the customer analytics scene for most utility companies. more...

The biggest transmission projects in North America are in the West and each one faces unique permitting, rights-of-way, engineering and construction challenges. Project leaders for some of the largest projects in the West will discuss the biggest hurdles to getting transmission built in the region and the top things that can be done to jump those hurdles. more...

The biggest transmission projects in North America are in the West and each one faces unique permitting, rights-of-way, engineering and construction challenges. Project leaders for some of the largest projects in the West will discuss the biggest hurdles to getting The West is too vast and diverse to be a single region under FERC's Order No. 1000. Complying with that rule only begins the evolution of Western transmission planning processes. But the West has unique challenges to overcome in optimizing its high-voltage infrastructure. more...

FERC is driving a reassessment of how, and for what purpose, Western transmission is planned. It has continued its deferential approach to regional stakeholders, and has not prescribed organized markets as a solution. But, it clearly seeks to optimize electricity commerce across all regions and sub-regions through transmission infrastructure development. more...

With computer viruses everyday news - and threats to power grids and computer networks proliferating, power grid security is growing ever more important. Many experts think it is only a matter of time until criminals or nation states cripple a power grid. more...

Energy storage has been called "the holy grail" of the power industry, but that's true only if it serves a specific application in a cost-effective manner that can be monetized and the return-on-investment beats alternatives. more...

Uncertainty haunts the United States utility industry: Natural-gas prices have plummeted, environmental regulations are throttling coal-fired power, and nuclear power's viability is being questioned in the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster and the termination of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. more...

More than 50 high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission projects will add 23,000 miles of transmission to the North American power grid. Worldwide, HVDC-line miles are at an all-time high. more...

Forty-six percent of the total U.S. adult population owns a smartphone, and 88 percent has some kind of cell phone. Today's always-on mobile consumer prefers texting to email, and email to phone or face-to-face communication. So what does this mean for utilities? Could mobility be the next killer "app"? more...