EnerNex Strengthens West Coast Technical Consultancy Presence
EnerNex, a CESI company, today announced that it is bolstering its technical consultancy practice on the West Coast with Jens Schoene, Director of Research Studies, moving to Southern California. Schoene joins Kay Stefferud, Director of Implementation Services, in supporting the company's strong relationships with major partners in the industry (large utilities, RTO/ISO, independent vendors). T...
Communications is a foundational element of the modern grid, which should be considered in terms of a larger enterprise architecture construct. It is a fundamental backbone for utility data management, delivery, and utilization....
Telecommunications:
The Opportunities and Challenges Linking Field Assets to the Operations Center
Ron Chebra, EnerNex Vice President of Grid Modernization, presented at the Southeastern Distribution Apparatus School in Auburn, AL on August 19, 2019. Access the presentation material here.
Presentation Summary
Today everything is being connected, video doorbells can trigger response actions in the home; smart thermostats can sense occupancy and adju...
Wi-SUN Alliance Blog: Addressing Utility Field Area Network Interoperability
Jeremy Laundergan, Vice President of Consulting Services
jlaundergan@enernex.com
865-770-4866
Originally published via Wi-SUN Alliance
We take it for granted. Being able to connect our devices, computers and gadgets to a Wi-Fi network is fairly straightforward and routine. We have a new device or we are t...
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System Engineering Approaches to Electric Grid Cybersecurity Challenges
Like many other systems of systems, the electric grid is facing challenges as devices originally intended to be either standalone or locally networked are now being connected to the Internet. In addition, the electric grid is facing unique challenges as the need to reduce carbon output is resulting in rapidly increasing numbers of non-centralized distributed energ...
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CHANGING BALANCES:
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION
CESI's 14th issue of The Energy Journal focuses on the Middle East, and the Gulf countries in particular, considered one of the most fast-changing areas in the world. Despite their historical role of leadership in the fossil fuel sector, these Countries are all determined to become key players of the energy transition. In particular, the magazine explores...
Ron Chebra a Featured Guest on The Peggy Smedley Show:
Securing the Enterprise in an Age of AI
07.02.19 | Episode 621
Peggy and Ron Chebra, vice president of grid modernization, EnerNex, chat about how it is becoming so simple to set up an IoT device, and that we need to be acutely aware and manage all of the things that are part of the enterprise. He explains that data becomes a foundational basis for machine learning and AI, and the difference bet...
Episode #12 | The Best of The Energy Exchange Season 1
As we conclude Season 1 of The Energy Exchange, host Ron Chebra gives us an overview of what's been covered, adding commentary around some of the most interesting topics in the electric power industry: big data analytics, enterprise architecture, pre-pay, standards and more. Listen in to this highlight reel and get a preview of what's to come in Season 2.
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Episode #11 | Accelerating Standardization and Interoperability: The Wi-Sun Alliance Approach
Wi-SUN Alliance: A global ecosystem of member companies seeking to accelerate the implementation of open standards-based Field Area Networks (FAN) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Host and EnerNex Vice President Ron Chebra talks with Phil Beecher, President and CEO of Wi-Sun Alliance, on interoperability, security, the process of testing and certification,...
On the Ground Floor of Ohio’s PowerForward Grid Modernization Initiative
A conversation with Ohio utility regulators and EnerNex technical experts on working groups that will guide the state’s regulatory roadmap for distributed energy resources.
By: Jeff St. John, Editor, GTM
Published via Greentech Media
March 29, 2019
Back in 2017, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio launched the PowerForward initiative, an open-ended considerati...
