Videos

Sharelynn Moore, VP Global Marketing & Public Affairs, Itron

In this interview Sharelynn Moore shares insights into the European utility market, digitisation and lessons from North America. Moore walks Engerati’s Ade Adeleke through the challenges and opportunities in the European energy market, Itron's vision of digitising the power grid and the core drivers for the sector. Moore also shares insights from the Linky Project with ENEDIS and key learnings for European utilities. Check out Engerati’s videos from Itron Utility Week 2016. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqAbdlDgooc0ER9PSWmtt5MLlH7KeilBu)

Rob Smith, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Smart Energy GB

Rob Smith from UK national campaign Smart Energy GB shares tips with Engerati’s Rose Bundock on how to turn a low-interest sector into an engaging customer proposition. Smith explains that Smart Energy GB’s approach to highlighting the benefits of the smart meter rollout to UK consumers was to focus on the anomalies of the analogue system and how change is coming.

Philippe Monloubou, CEO, ENEDIS

Engerati’s Adam Malik asks CEO of French grid operator ENEDIS Philippe Monloubou about digital transformation and how it is affecting his business. Deep change is happening and “we are becoming big data operators”, says Monloubou in this C-level snapshot of how the utility model is changing.

Meri Braziel, Managing Director EMEA, Trilliant

Communications network company Trilliant shares news and views with Engerati’s Rose Bundock on the UK smart meter rollout. Managing director Meri Braziel reflects on the 4m devices now running on the Trilliant communications network in the UK, an example of a system working at scale. For more in-depth smart meter content, join the Engerati In Focus programme - https://www.engerati.com/in-focus/smart-metering-end-end-rollouts

Matthijs van Leeuwen, Energy Lawyer, Norton Rose Fulbright

What is the solution to regulating energy storage? In this interview with Engerati’s Rose Bundock, energy lawyer Matthijs van Leeuwen suggests one answer - introducing a new asset class. Van Leeuwen explains how he represents one side of the debate that would prefer to see energy storage independent of distribution system operators. Read more about energy storage and its need for identity in Engerati’s magazine Power in Europe 2016 - http://insights.engerati.com/power-in-europe-2016#!/energy-storage

Franck Chevalley, CEO, Atos Worldgrid France

Franck Chevalley shares his views with Engerati’s Rose Bundock on a range of topical issues - from decentralised grids to cybersecurity threats and non-technical losses. Chevalley reflects on the battle utilities face to protect revenue and how data is helping to win this fight. Learn more about this topic through the Engerati Webinar - Enhancing Revenue Protection Activities with Advanced Analytics in the Cloud - https://www.engerati.com/webinars/enhancing-revenue-protection-activities-advanced-analytics-cloud

Ferry Cserép, CEO, Netinium

Dutch meter management company Netinium shares insight with Engerati’s Rose Bundock into the company’s contribution to Dutch utility Alliander’s smart meter rollout. In what CEO Ferry Cserép describes as not a “smooth ride”, he talks about the number of times the Dutch utility changed its communication technology, how many iterations of standards they went through and the number of meter vendors involved. Truly lessons from the “smart meter school”. For more from Netinium, watch this webinar - https://www.engerati.com/webinars/accommodating-growing-diversity-within-meter-networks

Erik Hedstrom, Head of Business Development Utilities, Ericsson

What makes a frontrunner in the global utility market? Ericsson’s Erik Hedstrom reveals findings from the company’s latest quantitative research identifying the leaders in digital transformation. Find out why some utilities are 34% more profitable than their peers. Essential viewing for utility CxOs. Discover more secrets of utility frontrunners in this co-branded Engerati webinar - https://www.engerati.com/webinars/6612-keys-excellence-%E2%80%93-what-are-secrets-utility-frontrunners

Denis Maia, CEO, CHOICE Holdings

Denis Maia of CHOICE Holdings busts myths around metering tampering and electricity theft in this interview with Engerati’s Sophia de Francesco. Maia talks about the difference in revenue losses across water, gas and electricity meters. For more on this subject, listen to a webinar on utility revenue protection here - https://www.engerati.com/webinars/case-study-holistic-approach-revenue-protection-utilities

Chris Russell, Managing Director, Tonik Energy

New entrant to the UK supply market Tonik Energy tells Engerati’s Adam Malik how the company has based its business model on customer engagement. Despite small margins to be made on electricity itself, Managing Director Chris Russell says there is value and commercial opportunity in developing a relationship with the customer. Hear how Tonik Energy plans to leverage these connections to develop aggregated solutions for distributed energy by turning customers into virtual power plants. For more on new approaches to energy retail, join the Engerati In Focus programme - https://www.engerati.com/in-focus/retail-predictions-2017-customer-centricity

Bill Meehan, Director, Utility Solutions, Esri

Esri’s Bill Meehan walks Engerati’s Rose Bundock through the benefits of geo-spatial mapping and how location is so critical in a utility’s digitised network. Find out more about smart mapping in an Esri-Engerati co-branded webinar. Click here - https://www.engerati.com/webinars/mapping-iot-utility-operations