Welcome to Indigo Insights

Written By David Groarke

Indigo Insights is the market perspectives and intelligence center for Indigo Advisory Group.

Our research and consulting focus is on Grid Technology, a rapidly growing and evolving market where we track business models, use cases and deployment results. The decarbonization, economic and customer benefits derived from innovative software and solutions on power networks are vast.

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Research - Utility AI Insights
Research - Utility AI Insights

New research on AI in the power sector, providing a temperature check, opportunity guide, and a capability forecast for a rapidly changing landscape

A Distributed Paradigm - How Utilities Can Prepare for VPP Operations
A Distributed Paradigm - How Utilities Can Prepare for VPP Operations

From developing robust requirements, tracking the market and understanding the impact of VPP on operations, there are a number of actions a utility can take to prepare for VPP operations

Frontier Grid Tech - How Robotics, Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS are Transforming the Power Sector
Frontier Grid Tech - How Robotics, Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS are Transforming the Power Sector

This piece explores the impact of emerging technology on the power industry and how adoption of robotics, cloud infrastructure, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) are impacting the utility value chain.

The Grid Tech 150 - Identifying the Leading Utility Partners and Applications
The Grid Tech 150 - Identifying the Leading Utility Partners and Applications

It is critical for the power sector to identify the best solutions and develop high-value partnerships that will deliver at scale. The Grid Tech 150 provides deployment insights and tracks those high-value vendor applications across the utility value chain.

Grid Tech – Analyzing The Decade of Deployment
Grid Tech – Analyzing The Decade of Deployment

This introductory report frames the rapidly growing Grid Tech market. Thousands of vendors across hundreds of solutions are competing to help power companies reduce costs, increase profitability and decarbonize.

The Critical Role of Interoperability for Utility Grid Investments
The Critical Role of Interoperability for Utility Grid Investments

Indigo examines the interoperability value proposition that could exceed $10 billion in annual savings for the U.S. electric power industry

Indigo Insights Innovation Paper Series
Indigo Insights Innovation Paper Series

Indigo is proud to release our Indigo Insights Innovation Series of papers. These papers cover some of the most pressing digital and strategic technology decisions power companies face in the coming years.

Strategies to Monetize Energy Data — How Utilities can Increase their ‘Earnings per Byte’
Strategies to Monetize Energy Data — How Utilities can Increase their ‘Earnings per Byte’

In this piece we highlight the utility data monetization imperative and how utilities can build the right strategies to take advantage of this opportunity.

Blockchain in Utilities - 2019 Electric Utility Insights [INFOGRAPHIC]
Blockchain in Utilities - 2019 Electric Utility Insights [INFOGRAPHIC]

A recent survey by EPRI's Utility Blockchain Interest Group (UBIG) and Indigo Advisory Group details the intriguing perspectives of utilities and regional transmission operators (RTOs) on promising and nascent applications in the utility industry; protocols t; and the potential barriers, advantages and benefits of blockchain across the utility value chain.

Managing the Energy Information Grid - Digital Strategies for Utilities
Managing the Energy Information Grid - Digital Strategies for Utilities

In this piece we highlight the digital imperative for the industry and how utilities can optimize their digital strategies, build business cases and incorporate emerging technologies.

Report: Blockchain – U.S. and European Utility Insights Market Intelligence Briefing Report
Report: Blockchain – U.S. and European Utility Insights Market Intelligence Briefing Report

Indigo authored a report for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) that features results and insights from a survey we conducted of 15 utilities and one regional transmission operator (RTO) across the US and Europe.

Transformation Tools for Utilities 2020
Transformation Tools for Utilities 2020

Addressing the shifting landscape across policy & regulation, revenue, business model innovation, technology innovation and changing consumer behavior, Indigo Advisory Group has created a series of tools, frameworks and strategies to help utilities manage the energy transition

Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Utilities [INFOGRAPHIC]
Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Utilities [INFOGRAPHIC]

In this infographic, we explore how AI has the potential to deliver the active management that will be required for the grid of the future. Powerful intelligence will be able to balance grids, manage demand, negotiate actions, enable self-healing and facilitate a host of new products and services.

Benchmarking Blockchain in Energy and Utilities - A Bellwether for 2018
Benchmarking Blockchain in Energy and Utilities - A Bellwether for 2018

In order to assess the progress that blockchain has made in the energy and utilities industry to-date and to forecast activity for 2018 we compared number of startups, industry engagement and volume of consortia across various industries.

Energy and Blockchain Go Global  - Utilities, Startups and Use Cases
Energy and Blockchain Go Global  - Utilities, Startups and Use Cases

In this piece, we highlight global trends and vendor activity in the blockchain in energy and utilities space. We also highlight several key use case categories and developments. 

The Impact of Blockchain on the Utility Business Model
The Impact of Blockchain on the Utility Business Model

Indigo has created a dedicated resource center for the application of blockchain technology in the energy and utilities industry. In this center you will find global energy blockchain activity, emerging use cases and startups that are deploying the technology. 

The Utility Business Case for Asset Monitoring and Diagnostic Centers
The Utility Business Case for Asset Monitoring and Diagnostic Centers

How to create realistic business cases for utility asset monitoring and diagnostic centers that improve total up-time, reduce asset maintenance costs and improve overall asset health.

Monetizing Utility Data - The 'Utility Data as a Service' Opportunity
Monetizing Utility Data - The 'Utility Data as a Service' Opportunity

In this piece, we define a high-level framework for utilities to monetize their data and unlock the Utility Data as a Service ‘UDaaS’ opportunity through fee-based structures for value-added data services.

New York’s Utilities Form a Joint Future Technology Plan
New York’s Utilities Form a Joint Future Technology Plan

On November 1st, New York’s six investor owned utilities filed a joint plan on how they plan to transition to utilities of the future – see our insights and analysis on their roadmap. 

Utilities and Blockchain Pilots - A Global Snapshot
Utilities and Blockchain Pilots - A Global Snapshot

In our Global Utility Blockchain Pilot graphic we highlight six power companies that are all investing in the technology and trialing new use cases. 

Energy Industry IoT Lessons Learned - Design First, Technology Second
Energy Industry IoT Lessons Learned - Design First, Technology Second

The many lessons learned from large scale IoT deployments in the energy industry will serve other industries well -- by focusing on design thinking and detailed IoT use case analysis from the beginning, future deployments will see greater gains. 

Blockchain in the Energy and Utilities Industry
Blockchain in the Energy and Utilities Industry

In our latest #indigoinsights infographic we explore the embryonic energy blockchain market, inclduing vendors, technology and emerging applications across generation, transmission, distribution and customer markets.

Utility of the Future Technology Investments in New York
Utility of the Future Technology Investments in New York

We explore the first five year distributed system implementation plans (DSIPs) under New York's REV proceedings and highlight the Utility of the Future. technology roadmaps that the power companies will be investing in. 

Utilities - Investing at the Edge
Utilities - Investing at the Edge

Utilities are increasing their capital investments in new technologies and companies. In our Indigoinsights infographic we analyzed market and investment data dating back to 2013 to garner the latest trends and investment patterns by utilities and their venture arms. 

Welcome to Indigo Insights

#indigoinsights is the market perspectives and intelligence center for Indigo Advisory Group. In this resource center we will be publishing blog posts and white papers.

David Groarke
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