How AI is Solving Grid Reliability Challenges – Industry Insight from Zohar Asher, Chief Commercial Officer, Innowatts

Houston, Texas | February 11 2025

As attendees gather for the GCPA MISO/SPP Regional Conference, one common theme continues to dominate discussions: grid reliability. Increasing penetration of renewable energy, electrification trends, and extreme weather events requires advanced solutions leveraging AI and meter-level data. Utilities, grid operators, and supply and risk managers are all seeking ways to enhance their situational awareness, improve forecasting accuracy, and optimize grid operations in a rapidly evolving landscape.

The Pain Point: Uncertainty in Grid Forecasting

One of the biggest challenges facing MISO and SPP stakeholders is the growing unpredictability of demand and supply. Legacy forecasting models, often reliant on historical data trends, struggle to adapt to the real-time impacts and trends of distributed energy resources (DERs) coupled with climate variability. Without accurate insights, grid operators and supply managers risk grid reliability issues, costly imbalances, inefficient dispatching, and overall increased exposure to market volatility.

The Innowatts Solution: AI-Powered Precision Forecasting

At Innowatts, we recognize that today’s energy markets demand a new approach—one that is data-driven, predictive, and highly adaptive. Our AI-powered platform leverages advanced machine learning techniques to provide:

• Granular Load Forecasting: Advanced insights and predictive analytics for end use or grid circuit meter for better predictability of extreme weather impact and long-term trends.
• DER Visibility & Management: Identifying behind-the-meter solar, EV adoption, and demand flexibility to improve accuracy.
• Dynamic Coincidence Peak Alerts: Proactively managing peak demand events to optimize transmission and distribution costs.
• Seamless Market Integration: Load scheduling and forecasting tailored for MISO, SPP, and other key ISOs.

Empowering the Energy Transition

For utilities, ISOs, and market participants looking to future-proof their operations, AI-driven forecasting isn’t just a luxury – it’s a necessity. By integrating advanced analytics, Innowatts enables stakeholders to mitigate risks, enhance reliability, and optimize financial performance in a way that legacy models simply cannot match.

Meet Innowatts at GCPA MISO/SPP

If you’re attending the GCPA MISO/SPP Regional Conference and want to discuss how AI can enhance your forecasting and grid management strategies, let’s connect.

Innowatts is ready to help you turn data into actionable intelligence – because the future of energy depends on it.

Contact Zohar: +1.412.638.8351 | [email protected]

Innowatts is the industry-leader in AI-powered Energy Data Analytics.

Innowatts’ industry-leading solutions empower energy strategies and accelerate the Energy Transition of retail energy providers, utilities, grid operators, and commercial, industrial, and public entities worldwide. The Innowatts SaaS Platform utilizes best-in-class Artificial Intelligence – trained on 53 million meters – to unlock value and deliver customer-centric actionable intelligence from energy data with unprecedented accuracy. The award-winning platform provides companies with the Insights, Forecasts and Energy Data Solutions they need to be more predictive and proactive. It helps them better understand and connect with their customers, manage risk, maintain grid reliability, stay ahead of sustainability trends, and improve their bottom line. This enables companies to effectively pursue their Net-Zero, Reliability, and Profitability goals by unlocking the value of their energy data. 

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