Smart utilities

Could gas offer a solution to grid delays?

SPEN to create AI digital twin of network

Yorkshire trials sewage eating flies

Future-proofed drainage tops innovation winners

White Paper: Correction of the altitude effect in low pressure natural gas distribution networks

Weekend press: Thames shareholders to inject £1bn

Anglian named water company of the year

Northumbrian launches sector’s first open data strategy

Time-of-use tariff growth will squash demand diversity, warn network leaders

The arrival of market-wide half-hourly settlement (MHHS) will bring an end to demand diversity and create new overloading risks for power networks, industry leaders have told Utility Week. An industry veteran and energy flexibility expert said that if MHHS leads to widespread uptake of new time-of-use tariffs – as many anticipate – then the price signals associated with these will substantially flatten out variations in demand and could lead to network overloads.

Industry leaders label MHHS as ‘lifeblood’ of energy transition

Market-wide settlement reform: a moment of opportunity?

Digitisation shouldn’t cost the earth

SMS to develop bespoke smart tariff ‘engine’

EDF implements AI-powered customer service platform

EDF is the latest retailer to put its trust in artificial intelligence (AI) to boost its customer service offerings. The energy company has announced that it will be implementing the Dynatrace platform to support its customer-facing services, including billing and account queries, meter reading submissions and online customer support engagements.

Designing service to boost trust

Labour backs networks to take over smart meter rollout

Four million ‘first gen’ smart meters not yet upgraded

Weekend press: Hot weather piles pressure on water companies

Smart meters have bigger consumption impact than anticipated

Networks could supplement suppliers’ smart meter rollout