By Andrea Course Source: American Public Power Association In 2017, several years before the current stampede of AI investment kicked off, Shell invested in a small startup called Innowatts. It was a smart bet: Innowatts was building an AI-powered SaaS platform that uses smart meter data to deliver sophisticated power demand forecasting, and for energy companies and utilities, better forecasting means greater efficiency. That leads to a wide range of benefits, including reduc