The Digital Utility

As cheaper storage and renewables bend the electricity cost curve, utilities must refine their strategies and raise their digital game.

Executives in many industries perceive digitization as a threat. In the energy sector, there is no need for that. On the contrary. In Germany’s energy sector, digitization will help executives address a series of pressing challenges.

With customer expectations rising and new technologies emerging, constant renewal of customer transformations can never be over.

Many utilities struggle to match the customer and commercial expectations set by digital leaders. Investing in faster, more flexible IT architecture can accelerate their digital modernization.

By focusing on valuable and meaningful workforce experiences, utilities can move from incremental improvements to transformative ones.

Advanced analytics is helping T&D operators improve performance, reduce asset-management costs, and capture value. Here’s how successful utilities approach the transition.

Utilities around the world are making big investments in advanced analytics. Getting the full value, however, requires rethinking their strategy, culture, and organization.

The cloud is a means, not an end. Success in modernizing IT through the cloud is driven by a complete standardization and automation strategy.

Blockchain technology can streamline transactions along the utility value chain. Here is a look at six emerging applications.

Utilities trying to reinvent themselves as digital enterprises have found it hard to scale up from digital pilots. Adopting digital ways of working, adding talent, and modernizing IT will hasten transformation.