CenterPoint teams up with Technosylva to prepare for extreme weather events

CenterPoint Energy Inc. earlier this week inked an agreement to leverage extreme weather risk predictive analytics and mitigation solutions offered by Technosylva, a wildfire science and technology company based in Spain.

The Memorandum of Understanding will allow CenterPoint to use Technosylva’s predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to better prepare its assets in extreme weather prone regions.

“Our defining goal is to build the most resilient coastal grid in the country that can better withstand the extreme weather that we continue to see impact our nation,” said CenterPoint President and CEO Jason Wells. “I believe that our work with Technosylva will help us achieve this ambition.”

CenterPoint, a Texas-based electric and natural gas utility serving more than seven million metered customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas, intends to be a national leader in utility resilience and emergency preparedness and response, Wells said.

“Technosylva’s world class, predictive analytics, and mitigation platform for extreme weather events and wildfires, combined with their market-leading software and AI and machine learning-based tools, will provide us with more timely and accurate insights into threats to our infrastructure,” he explained, saying this is a key step toward achieving that goal.

The collaboration is part of CenterPoint’s $21 billion commitment over the next five years to electric and natural gas resilience initiatives, including improved reliability and system modernization.

Technosylva’s risk-monitoring platform integrates high-resolution modeling, predictive analytics, and real-time data to offer insights into extreme weather events and threats to network assets. The company’s software performs hundreds of millions of extreme weather simulations daily to generate current and near-term risk forecasts available in real time, allowing its customers to predict and identify areas of concern and proactive steps to reduce outages.

“As utilities work to harden the power grid for increasingly common extreme weather events, it’s critical they have the most accurate and timely intelligence possible to plan, prepare, and protect their networks to be able to keep the lights on for their customers,” said Bryan Spear, CEO of Technosylva. “We are thrilled to work with the CenterPoint Energy leadership team as they work to continue to deliver resilient, reliable, safe, and sustainable energy to their customers.”

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