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Avoiding Vendor Lock-In with Standards-Based Data Integration
In an era of explosive load growth, DER proliferation, AI-driven operations, and relentless pressure to modernize the grid, siloed data systems remain the single biggest barrier to speed, scale, and resilience. Utilities that cling to proprietary, point-to-point integrations are locking themselves into costly rework, vendor dependence, and missed opportunities. There is a better way—and it’s already delivering results.This panel brings together three utility leaders who have bet on the Utility Common Information Model (CIM) and the families of IEC standards that rest upon it. They will share unvarnished, real-world stories of implementation: the challenges overcome, the organizational shifts required, the measurable business outcomes achieved, and the long-term advantages that now position their organizations to move faster than their peers—no matter what the next wave of technology or regulation brings. Attendees will hear concrete examples of how CIM-based integration has:
- Dramatically reduced integration time and cost while eliminating vendor lock-in
- Enabled seamless data exchange across OT, IT, planning, and customer systems
- Unlocked advanced use cases in DER management, outage response, grid orchestration, and analytics
- Delivered “no-regrets” architecture that scales confidently into an uncertain future
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