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PRECorp team wins Phase 1 HeroX prize

Projects will support data processing for electric grid reliability and resilience

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced recently that PRECorp is one of nine Phase 1 winners of the inaugural American-Made Digitizing Utilities Prize.

This $675,000 prize – $75,000 for each team – connects utilities with interdisciplinary teams of software developers and data experts to transform digital systems in the energy sector through data analytics, processing, quality assurance, storage and deletion, according to a media release.

“The electric industry sector is facing a massive amount of data from various sources, challenging traditional methods of da...