Electric Distribution Utilities Face a Serious Data Management Challenge
The rapid proliferation of distributed energy resources (DER) poses many operational, planning, and business challenges for electric distribution utilities. The scale of this shift is even more significant than the transition to advanced metering infrastructure. Over the next five years, data generation will more than quadruple. Compared to other enterprises, distribution utilities face a unique data management challenge because of the large number and broad dispersal of its assets and customers.