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Mark Konya

  • Principal Industry Consultant, SAS Global Utilities and Contributor, Freelance
Chesterfield, St. Louis
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Articles by Mark Konya

Sensor Data, AI and Advanced Analytics Help Utilities Predict and Mitigate Equipment Failures Before Service Interruptions Occur

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By Jane Howell, Mark Konya, Craig Foster
| Utility Analytics Institute
Equipment failures cost utilities millions annually – and each year, they are the root cause of nearly one third of customer interruptions. These outages not only leave utility customers without electricity, but also represent significant repair costs and risks to the employees performing these repairs.
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Grid Modernization Needs a New Crystal Ball

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By Mike Smith, Mark Konya
| Energy Central Verified
WARNING: SIGN-IN You need to be a member of Energy Central to access some features and content. Please sign-in or register to continue. By Mike Smith and Mark Konya Remember the good ol’ days at the utility? The routines for managing generation operations and maintenance were well established and followed a cyclical pattern around load growth and planned outages.
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Analytics and the Modern Energy Supplier

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By Mark Konya
| Energy Central Verified
Disruptions in the energy supply chain continue to challenge the viability of traditional utility business models. For example, some utilities confronting disruptors like market liberalization, declining load growth, and extreme events such as major storms or wildfires – are struggling financially. Such disruptors erode revenue and ultimately could sound the death knell for some companies who traditionally make money based on their capital investments and the amount of energy they sell.
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Cozying up to Customers

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By Mike Smith, Mark Konya
| elp.com
The 100-year-old "you pay the bill and we keep the power on" relationship dynamic between utility companies and consumers doesn't work well today. Always connected consumers and a portfolio of energy choices that cut into traditional revenue streams (we're looking at you, renewable energy sources) mean utilities must evolve like the banking and telecomm industries did a few years ago. Change is painful no matter what.
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