OATI DERMS Featured by Utility Dive

OATI is the sponsor of the Utility Dive “Trendline” on Grid Reliability, which features an article from OATI president and CEO Sasan Mokhtari in collaboration with Dairyland Power Cooperative on why some utilities have struggled to implement DERMS, and why we’ve seen so much success.

Key takeaways from Sasan’s piece:

*DERMS takes time (a lot of time) to figure out—we’ve been at this for 15 years since our first deployment with Evergy. Big name energy firms are still years away from a ready product, and pressure from outside investors can lead to missteps.

*Software companies see a huge opportunity with DERMS, and they’re right, but integrations will fail without a clear understanding of power systems and utility operations

*Turnkey doesn’t work for the utility industry—we’ve built trust working alongside our customers, learning along the way, and developing a platform that evolves with the energy transition.