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Highlighting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers enhancements designed to give utilities real-time insight into what's going on with their distribution grid and enable them to accurately balance power generation with demand. The article notes that the new modeling enhancements provide data on possible outcomes from a variety of conditions such as extreme temperatures, storms and fluctuations in commercial and consumer power use - information that can help utilities prepare better contingency plans against situations that previously would have led to outages. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

The Dec. 6 edition of Smart Grid News includes the following article about how an increasing proportion of consumers over the next ten years will be "digital natives" - a generation of consumers who have grown up in a world with constant Internet and smart phone availability. The article notes that this demographic shift will change the way customers access information and monitor their usage of scare water and energy resources. The article includes comments from Oracle Utilities' Rodger Smith suggesting that the transformation of customer engagement from a reactive approach to a proactive one has already begun, noting that technologies are offering utilities the opportunity to have better relationships with their customers.

Highlighting that Oracle and Grid Net will deliver advanced distribution management systems and meter data management technology for utilities involved in smart grid deployments. The article also notes that the solutions offered by the two companies are

Video highlighting Oracle's smart grid vision and capabilities.

Highlighting that according to an Oracle study; electricity firms are pushing ahead with smart grid plans, but are failing to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by intelligent networks. The article also notes that the Oracle study is base

Highlighting that Oracle has announced the availability of the latest release of Oracle Business Intelligence for Utilities. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence for Utilities is a pre-built solution that includes extractors and