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Preparing For A Capacity Constrained Future: Four Takeaways

Managing capacity is a growing challenge for grid operators managing demand growth and a shift from thermal to renewable generation. Hear 4 key takeaways from our conversation with LPEA on preparing for a capacity-constrained future.

From The Team

How G&Ts Can Leverage DERs To Benefit All Members

Orchestrating flexible member-owned devices can save co-ops millions through capacity management, peak shaving, and wholesale power supply flexibility. But how can G&Ts work with their distribution co-ops to unlock that value?

Company News

“So What Does Camus Do Exactly?”

Camus Energy helps grid operators understand where and how to use local resources to deliver safe, reliable, and affordable power through simple, orchestrative control. But what does that actually mean?

Customer Stories

3 Capabilities G&T Co-ops Need To Manage DERs

Forward-thinking generation and transmission providers see enormous opportunities from managing distributed resources in coordination with their members. Explore 3 capabilities G&Ts will need to manage DERs.

White Paper Series

The Rise of Local Grid Management

What does the DSO of the future look like? And how can electric cooperatives and municipal utilities lead this change? Check out our white papers to find out how.

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Latest Guides & News

Customer Stories

Why Holy Cross Energy Chose A “Grid-Aware” DERMS

How does a utility know the right instructions to send to fleets of distributed energy resources (DERs) if the utility can't see what's happening nearby in real-time? That's the question the Holy Cross Energy (HCE) team sought to answer as they met with DERMS providers.

Astrid's Updates

Bridging the Gaps: Better Data for a DSO Future

Real-world distribution grid data is often messy, slow to gather, and incomplete. To operate a more distributed grid, utilities need to bridge these gaps and pursue a robust data landscape.

Astrid's Updates

How To Raise Venture Capital

In a twist on our normal discussion of transforming the grid for a distributed, zero-carbon future, our CEO, Astrid, joins the Foundersuite podcast to share her advice on raising venture capital as a cleantech startup.

From The Team

Advocating for a Shared Data Approach for CCAs

California CCAs are spending thousands of hours each year cleaning and preparing the same data sources. A shared approach can improve efficiency, enable new partnerships, and help CCAs work together. Learn how.

Customer Stories

No Regrets Investments for a DSO Future

In preparation for a discussion at Distributech 2022, our team sat down with leaders from community-focused utilities to discuss the no-regrets investments their utilities are making to prepare for a changing energy future.

Events

3 Most Common Questions from Distributech 2022

Check out the top three most common questions from utilities and vendors at Distributech 2022

Astrid's Updates

Today’s data for tomorrow’s grid (ESIG Webinar)

Hear from Google pioneer and distributed systems expert Astrid Atkinson on how utilities can leverage existing data to create real-time visibility for more complex grid operations.

From The Team

What is a Distribution System Operator?

“Distribution System Operator” (DSO) refers to an emerging model for how electricity is delivered to (and increasingly provided by) local residents and businesses.

From The Team

Canary Testing: The Key to Safely Rolling Out New Controls

When the grid is changing fast, how do you safely test a new approach, or update existing technology, without starting over?

Company News

What The Grid Can Learn From The Internet

In Canary Media's Catalyst podcast, guest host Lara Pierpoint and Camus CEO Astrid Atkinson examine the areas where the grid needs a digital upgrade. Plus, Astrid and Lara cover FERC Order 2222 and the underappreciated role of electric co-ops.

Company News

Camus Energy Accelerates Distribution-Level Energy Markets with Head of Product Dylan Cutler

Camus Energy, a leading provider of grid management software, announced the appointment of Dylan Cutler as its Head of Product on February 15, 2022.

From The Team

Navigating New Wildfire Realities

Wildfires are one of the toughest challenges for utilities in the U.S. West. When utilities turn off power to avoid fires, they can have unintended consequences. In this blog, Camus CEO Astrid Atkinson discusses her experience living with ~50 outages per year.

Company News

2021 In Review: Product Growth

2021 was a year of tremendous growth for our team and our platform. At the final all-hands meeting of the year, we celebrated the long list of features and supporting infrastructure that our team members launched in 2021.

Company News

Our Values: How We Work Together

We founded Camus Energy to bring world-class software engineering to the fight for a livable planet. But how we go about achieving our mission matters too. At Camus, we have six company values that signal how we strive to interact with each other.

From The Team

5 Ways To Protect Against Ransomware

Ransomware attacks have increased 200% since 2019. Discover five actions that NRECA and FBI cybersecurity experts suggest electric utilities take to protect their communities.

From The Team

Why The Infrastructure Bills Are Great For Utilities

With so much packed into the two infrastructure bills, it can be hard to remember that the proposed plan could help utilities make massive steps toward full decarbonization.

From The Team

Ransomware Resistance via Zero Trust Security

Recent ransomware hacks on critical infrastructure have highlighted the need for increased security embodied by a Zero Trust approach. We want to share our perspective on Zero Trust Security, a core tenet of our platform.

Company News

Camus Energy Secures $16M Series A to Advance Grid Management

Leading the charge towards a community-centric grid, Camus Energy secures $16M Series A to advance real-time utility operations

Customer Stories

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

KCEC came to Camus Energy with a simple, yet ambitious goal to achieve 100% daytime solar by 2022. By thoughtfully increasing its use of local solar, KCEC could reduce the cost of electricity, bolster consumer choice and equity, and support grid reliability.

Company News

Overcoming Imperfect Grid Data with Machine Learning

In the United States, more than 95 million smart meters provide tens of billions of data points to utilities each day. Adding information from line sensors, substation monitoring, and other utility-owned equipment, grid operators have a wealth of data at their disposal. That information is powerful…when it’s put to use.

Company News

U.S. Department of Energy awards $750,000 to Camus Energy, PNNL, and KCEC to enable 100% daytime solar

The project leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to fill data gaps from unmetered solar, improve grid operations, reduce energy costs, and advance decarbonization.

Astrid's Updates

How to unlock the potential of virtual power plants? Virtualize the grid.

The technology to create virtual power plants made up of distributed energy resources (DERs) is here. They can replace conventional, fossil-fueled power plants and enable a cleaner, cheaper and more resilient grid.

Events

The Power of Data: Lessons from “The Rise of Local Grid Management”

Data is king. Data empowers. When leveraged properly, data enables flexibility and accelerates change.

Events

KCEC and Camus Energy: The Rise of Local Grid Management

Join our member webinar Wednesday, December 16 when Camus Energy and Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) discuss the Rise of Local Grid Management with a focus on how KCEC lowered energy costs while increasing renewable energy penetration on their local grid.

Customer Stories

Why We Love Working With Electric Cooperatives

We love working with electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. That’s not only because we get to work with inspiring people, but because co-ops and munis are uniquely positioned for system-wide adoption of renewables and the transition to a cleaner and more equitable power system.

Company News

Camus Energy and VMware

We are happy to announce that we have put that philosophy to work in a partnership with VMware.

Astrid's Updates

Why is Camus developing Open Source?

When we started Camus, one of our goals was to contribute our software expertise to the most important problem of our lifetimes. We know that technology can be a powerful enabler for change, and we wanted to bring best practices from the software industry into the grid sector.

Astrid's Updates

Internet Lessons for DER Architecture

At Google I helped define a distributed computing approach which scaled us more than 10,000x. As the grid makes a similar jump, from 1000s of reliable generators to millions of unreliable participants, what can we learn?

Customer Stories

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc.

One of the privileges of working with great partners like Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc. is the opportunity to join their conversation with the local community. We were excited to meet recently with Net Metering Advisory group and Renewable Taos to share our work on understanding and managing the role of local solar generation in KCEC’s grid.

Astrid's Updates

Reflections on Internet Scale Systems and Applications in Grid Management

We just finished sharing thoughts on large scale monitoring and telemetry with MISO, and I wanted to share a few reflections on applying lessons from internet scale systems to managing the electrical grid.

Astrid's Updates

Our Response to COVID-19

These are strange times; due to covid-19 the Bay Area went under a “shelter in place” order at midnight. Like all local companies, we at Camus Energy are managing through this, and we wanted to share a little of how we are thinking about that.

Astrid's Updates

The Unsexy Valley of Applying Tech to the Energy Transition

Building these systems is hard, and there’s not a good name for it (we’d call it “distributed systems engineering”). It is the model that the cloud was built to enable, and it’s a fundamental shift from the way that software worked before.

Astrid's Updates

Welcome to the 2020s: A message to the Camus Energy team

Hey all, as we kick off the new year, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2019 and take a look forward. We’re entering a new decade, which is a momentous occasion – and at a time which is particularly delicately balanced.

Preparing For A Capacity Constrained Future: Four Takeaways

How G&Ts Can Leverage DERs To Benefit All Members

“So What Does Camus Do Exactly?”

3 Capabilities G&T Co-ops Need To Manage DERs

White Paper Series

The Rise of Local Grid Management

Latest Guides & News

Why Holy Cross Energy Chose A “Grid-Aware” DERMS

Bridging the Gaps: Better Data for a DSO Future

How To Raise Venture Capital

Advocating for a Shared Data Approach for CCAs

No Regrets Investments for a DSO Future

3 Most Common Questions from Distributech 2022

Today’s data for tomorrow’s grid (ESIG Webinar)

What is a Distribution System Operator?

Canary Testing: The Key to Safely Rolling Out New Controls

What The Grid Can Learn From The Internet

Camus Energy Accelerates Distribution-Level Energy Markets with Head of Product Dylan Cutler

Navigating New Wildfire Realities

2021 In Review: Product Growth

Our Values: How We Work Together

5 Ways To Protect Against Ransomware

Why The Infrastructure Bills Are Great For Utilities

Ransomware Resistance via Zero Trust Security

Camus Energy Secures $16M Series A to Advance Grid Management

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative

Overcoming Imperfect Grid Data with Machine Learning

U.S. Department of Energy awards $750,000 to Camus Energy, PNNL, and KCEC to enable 100% daytime solar

How to unlock the potential of virtual power plants? Virtualize the grid.

The Power of Data: Lessons from “The Rise of Local Grid Management”

KCEC and Camus Energy: The Rise of Local Grid Management

Why We Love Working With Electric Cooperatives

Camus Energy and VMware

Why is Camus developing Open Source?

Internet Lessons for DER Architecture

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc.

Reflections on Internet Scale Systems and Applications in Grid Management

Our Response to COVID-19

The Unsexy Valley of Applying Tech to the Energy Transition

Welcome to the 2020s: A message to the Camus Energy team

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