60% of Nordic utilities cite automation gaps as barrier to data-driven decisions, Itron finds
ITRI•Itron’s report found that 60% of Nordic utilities cite inadequate automation as their leading barrier to data-driven decisions; load growth is the top grid pressure at 47%.
1. Automation gaps lead barriers
Itron’s Oct. 19 report found that 60% of Nordic utilities cite inadequate automation as their leading barrier to data-driven decisions. Technical integration was a barrier for 49%, followed by data quality at 43%. Load growth topped grid pressures at 47%, while customer expectations and distributed energy resource growth each registered 38%. Major data investments enabled at least two additional use cases for 87% of utilities, and 47% reported four or more. Over the next three years, cloud analytics led investment priorities at 24%, followed by executive decision support at 22%.
