We’ve recently published a white paper on the energy savings achieved through various initiatives undertaken by OVO relating to smart meters and their data streams. Since the official national smart meter rollout began in 2016, there has been very little infor…
A brief departure, perhaps more of a tangent, from the blog series on Analytics at OVO, to share some insights from a careers panel I was at last week. This panel was part of an Operational Research Society event for mathematicians, analysts and data scientist…
Part 2 of a Data Science at OVO blog series! Part 1 is here. This is perhaps a trick question as the answer depends on where you work, or who you are talking to. But this article might help you understand OVO's take on the topic. A bit of history The fact th…
This is the first in a series of blog posts aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about analytics practises and development at OVO. If you’re interested to work here it’ll help you understand our terminologies (they all differ don’t they?!) and learning cultur…
Background Hello from Marie and Katie. We’re Data Scientists at OVO. We’ve just been doing some work on energy data forecasting - to make sure that when we tell you how much you’ll probably spend next year, we’re getting it as good as we can. There is already…