With the introduction of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and distributed energy resources (DER), electric cooperatives are generating more data than ever before. Historically, this data has lived in disconnected systems, each optimized for its own operational purpose but poorly suited to answering questions that span them. Meanwhile, the tools available to unify this data have matured: data lakehouse architecture now lets cooperatives combine the flexibility of a data lake with the structure and reliability of a data warehouse.
This article reviews the case for a data lakehouse and how it can provide benefits for today's data and the necessary foundation for future AI and advanced analytics.
