IBM to Help Utilities Cut Tree Trimming Budgets and Reduce Outages
Oncor Uses Breakthrough Technology from IBM Research and The Weather Company to Help Make Energy Grid More Reliable
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DISTRIBUTECH 2019 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled new technology to reduce power outages by helping energy companies predict where trees and other vegetation may threaten power lines. IBM worked with Oncor, the largest utility company in Texas and the fifth largest in the U.S., to develop a solution tailored for the energy and utility industry, to help improve operations and provide reliable electric service for millions of customers across the state. (more…)