Electric and gas utilities are facing new levels of complexity due to the transformation of supply and demand dynamics, leading to significant asset growth—while they also manage increased performance expectations. In this context, any asset downtime or unplanned maintenance can lead to safety risks and costly service interruptions.

For Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest electric and natural gas provider, the energy transition is well underway. In fact, with a Clean Energy Plan that provides a blueprint for an aggressive buildout of renewables, Consumers Energy is fully embracing the transition while remaining committed to providing reliable energy to its customers, even as extreme weather events become more frequent.

Electric and gas utilities are facing new levels of complexity due to the transformation of supply and demand dynamics, leading to significant asset growth—while they also manage increased performance expectations. In this context, any asset downtime or unplanned maintenance can lead to safety risks and costly service interruptions.

Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) are quickly gaining adoption as an indispensable tool for managing the large influx of distributed energy resources (DERs). The ability to optimize and orchestrate huge numbers of DERs is essential to integrate large amounts of intermittent renewable generation while also ensuring grid reliability.

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) is a multi-service utility owned by the City of Gainesville, Florida. As the state’s fifth largest municipal electric utility, GRU provides electric, water, wastewater and telecommunications services to approximately 93,000 retail and wholesale customers in Gainesville and surrounding areas.

Ameren Corporation powers the lives of 2.5 million electric and 900,000 natural gas customers across a 64,000-square-mile service territory in Missouri and Illinois. This Saint Louis-based utility is dedicated to providing reliable and affordable energy, a mission it has successfully met for years.