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Metering & Smart Energy International is proud to announce the special report on Internet of Things

In our supplement, we consider the role of ‘as a service’ opportunities for both software and storage, while our feature article on the utility innovation blueprint will keep your utility on track to manage the duality of agility versus your primary focus on reliability.

In this edition, we speak to Pallas Agerberg, Innovation Director for Alliander, about her unique role and we consider the place for artificial intelligence in the sector and whether extreme weather scenarios offer us an opportunity to improve on our utility offerings. We also speak to Switch2 about how this utility is embracing technological advancement and improving customer service in the district heating sector.

Our supplement, on data analytics, speaks to the value to be derived from advanced data analytics, and importantly, how analytics can be used to combat customer churn. In addition to the benefits of better insights, which drive better utility maintenance and improved outage responses, analytics, if properly utilised, can be an effective weapon against revenue losses and theft.

This, our annual European focused edition, is the biggest edition of Metering & Smart Energy International ever produced. This is quite a milestone and is in no small part due to the very hard work of the support and sales team behind the Metering & Smart Energy International team.

Our special report examines the role of components within products but also as part of a system; and considers the role of batteries, sensors, switches, reclosers, protective relays, and communications devices across our utility sector.

This edition is packed with insights into ComEd’s efforts to test the use of battery storage technology to reduce the impact of power outages in residential areas; the reform of the Mexican power market and the implementation of the Estrategia Nacional de Energia; and efforts by Nigeria to save privatization efforts and bring sector reform back on track.

A comprehensive examination of trends in the M2M sector, with a focus on artificial intelligence and how machine learning is changing the game.

Gain an understanding of the dynamics impacting the storage and utility sectors in Asia, along with a thought provoking insight into why utilities and analytics programmes so often seem at odds. Reacquaint yourself with the business case for the newest iteration of the utility’s cash register and understand what the phenomenal growth of smart gas meters means.

We have enjoyed learning more about the exciting changes in the German energy landscape and hope that this introductory supplement will provide you with useful information for timing and planning the entrance of your business into the German sector, or for learning from another example of best practice in this market.

Our special report on smart cities gave me the opportunity to to get to grips with how cities around the world – in India, Canada, the United States, Spain and Singapore – are making efforts to incorporate the best of modern technology with the desire to live in harmony with nature and other inhabitants.

This edition we unveil our new look and I welcome feedback from our readers as to the design of the magazine. We have spent many hours brainstorming the look we wanted to present and I hope that this cleaner, more streamlined look will be both visually appealing and make you want to read the wonderful selection of articles we have on offer in this edition. We welcome all feedback for you, our reader, on the layout, the articles or ideas you have for future focuses.