Energy and utilities industry

Thought leadership from the IBM Institute of Business Value

Mobilizing the utility workforce: How mobile technology and analytics will transform work

Updated 10 Mar 2016

By redesigning work processes and activities from a “mobile first” perspective, utilities can continue to innovate and evolve with rapidly changing energy markets.

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Cloud for energy and utilities

Enhancing growth, improving efficiency and increasing innovation

January 2016

Energy and utilities organizations can use cloud to transform the utility network, improve generation performance and optimize customer operations.

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Knowledge is power: Driving smarter energy usage through consumer education

Updated 12 Jan 2012

Both traditional and new influencers must provide more consumer information in the coming years – using specific messages and tailored channels – to aid smooth smart meter and smart grid deployment and increase consumer engagement.

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Switching perspectives: Creating new business models for a changing world of energy

Updated 23 Mar 2010

Facing new technologies, policy changes and more demanding consumers, electric utility industry model innovators will develop fresh business models to facilitate emerging products and services.

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Lighting the way: Understanding the smart energy consumer

Updated 21 Jul 2009

How emerging consumer preferences are met can open new avenues for consumer satisfaction, create new revenue streams, define new business models and accelerate technology deployment, lighting the way to a participatory utility network.