US utilities re-evaluating smart grid infrastructure
September 15, 2011
The ongoing deployment of smart grid infrastructure including smart meters and distribution automation in the U.S. is prompting utility strategists to re-evaluate their organizations' back-end enterprise architectures in order to enable next-gen utility business and operational services, such as dynamic pricing, grid optimization, self-healing grids and renewables integration.
As utilities begin this re-evaluation, they are discovering an existing patchwork of legacy enterprise systems with little, architectural consistency. Utilities are beginning to understand the implications of outfitting their dated enterprise architectures with current information and operations technologies required to offer next-gen smart grid applications to both their in-house teams and end-users.
