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It is no secret that data is the new cur-rency of business, but its ‘unrelent-ing’ growth is not helping the mod-

ern CIO. Being an industry veteran well versed with data analytics, Tom Osterhus guides Integral Analytics in providing solutions to mitigate the risks caused by this exponential growth of data. Integral Analytics performs sophisticated finan-cial and cost-centric analytics across the utility sector so as to optimize resource cost effectiveness across both the sup-ply side and grid side. “This assists our clients in mitigating financial risk and reliability risk, and tease apart the perils of silo-ed investments across the various utility departments,” says Tom Osterhus, CEO, Integral Analytics.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, the company is an analytical software

provider, primarily focused on the opera-tional, planning and marketing research solutions for the multi-tier energy indus-try. Integral’s solutions allow the clients to identify optimal combinations and impacts on financial value by integrat-ing smart software technology into their business infrastructure. Integral Analyt-ics’ cost-centered approach guides utili-ties and vendors to stay ahead of the com-petitive curve.

Osterhus asserts, “Our software fore-casts and optimizes the planning and cost savings from the combinations of re-sources with a joint focus on both the grid and the supply at the same time.” The company’s ground breaking solution, their LoadSEER platform, provides com-prehensive acre-level geo-spatial fore-casting solutions used for not only trans-mission and distribution planning, but for more granular and optimized location of solar, storage, demand response and other demand-side management (DSM) meas-ures. It integrates a utility’s planning silos and data sources, to provide distri-bution planners, marketers, and supply planners with a more integrative toolset. Another solution, IDROP, is confided to optimize the mathematical maximum of cost savings for their clients through op-timal combinations of resources, assets and load reductions. Alongside, the firm renders a unique software tool, Demand Side Management Option Risk Evaluator (DSMore)–a financial analysis tool used in over 30 States, to evaluate the costs, benefits, and risks of demand side man-agement programs, solar, storage, voltage savings and other programs.

One of Integral Analytics’ clients, Pacific Gas & Electric, appreciated the company’s sophistication for assisting them to overcome economic and capac-

ity risks that surpassed their existing processes, and enabled to additional inte-gration of value and risks emerging from the advance of micro grids, solar, DG, EV and the Smart Grid push which was making the job of the distribution planner increasingly complex. Integral Analytics

addressed the scenario and deployed its LoadSEER solution into the client’s busi-ness matrix that modulated the overall planning system with much more accu-rate acre-level granularity, comprehen-sive statistical forecasting algorithms, and powerful GIS engines. This helped the client to increase their efficiency and cost savings upto five percent, which is a significant savings when applied to mul-ti-million dollar capital spend budgets.

Integral AnalyticsMitigating Complex Risk and Security Concerns with Advanced Analysis

Our software forecasts and optimizes the location and cost savings from combinations of micro level energy resources across both supply and the grid, at the same time

Tom Osterhus

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From smart meters to rooftop solar and energy storage, innovative technologies have the capacity to disrupt the utilities industry.

After remaining reasonably unbothered for the last 100 years, the lattice is in front of embracing new technologies that are sprouting new business models, altering consumer prospects and causing regulatory models to acclimatize.

The emerging technology solutions are reinventing the industry—automating and enhancing distribution grids, improving security and compliance efforts, and helping to harness meaningful information to keep costs down. With these advances, the industry can better serve their customers and grow the business.

Amidst this technology advances, the aging infrastructures, complex ecosystems, stricter regulations, and higher expectations set a challenging backdrop for energy and utilities. But connected

technologies offer powerful opportunities to modernize operations while cutting costs and generating insights. Technology is enabling utilities to embrace new challenges and pursue new opportunities.

In the last few months we have looked at hundreds of solution providers who primarily serve the utilities sector, and shortlisted the ones that are at the forefront of tackling challenges faced by the industry.

In our selection we have looked at vendor’s capability to fulfill the needs of utilities sector—both from a provider and consumer perspective—through variety of services that support core business processes, including innovation areas related to cloud, SaaS, Big Data and analytics.

We present you to CIOReview’s 50 Most Promising Utilities Technology Solutions Providers 2014.

CIOREVIEW.COMDECEMBER 29 - 2014UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL

T h e N a v i g a t o r f o r E n t e r p r i s e S o l u t i o n s

50 Most Promising Utilities Technology Solution Providers

Company:Integral Analytics

Description:Offers sophisticated financial, reliability, risk and least cost planning analytics software across the utility sector

Key Person:Tom OsterhusCEO

Website:www.integralanalytics.com

Integral Analyticsrecognized by magazine as

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An annual listing of companies that are in the forefront of tacklingUtilities Technology challenges and impacting the marketplace.

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