Cyril Brunner

Cyril Brunner

Director of Market Development

Utility industry connector with 13 years of experience working in utility engineering, operations, programs and technology. Director of Market Development at Texture.

Posts by Cyril Brunner

Wildfire risk and utility monitoring: what the data can tell you, and how early

Wildfire risk and utility monitoring: what the data can tell you, and how early

Wildfire risk is now year-round for many utilities. Here's how weather, vegetation, grid signals, and GIS exposure data fit together to tell you where and when to look.

What a line clearance is, and who holds the tag?

What a line clearance is, and who holds the tag?

When lineworkers go out to perform maintenance or restore an outage, one of the key questions that arises is who is responsible for making sure the line stays dead until they climb down?
What a load baseline is, and how it is calculated

What a load baseline is, and how it is calculated

After a demand response event, the first question is: How much load dropped? Thermostats, water heaters, and behavioral beat the peak programs require meter data to infer what happened.
How to model demand response program economics for electric co-ops: Device Counts, Value of a Kilowatt, and Net Benefit

How to model demand response program economics for electric co-ops: Device Counts, Value of a Kilowatt, and Net Benefit

There's a question every co-op has to answer before running a demand response or battery program, and it is harder to answer than it looks: How soon will this program benefit our members?
How the grid protects itself: reclosers, fuses, and why your lights blink

How the grid protects itself: reclosers, fuses, and why your lights blink

The lights blink, come back, blink again, come back, blink a third time, and then the power goes out. That sequence is not the grid failing. It is the grid protecting itself.
The CORD Report is here: 55 co-ops share their experiences building grid flexibility programs

The CORD Report is here: 55 co-ops share their experiences building grid flexibility programs

We spent the last quarter talking to 55+ distribution and G&T cooperatives about grid flexibility programs. These monthly round tables led to the CORD Report.
Grid visibility is the foundation, not the ceiling

Grid visibility is the foundation, not the ceiling

I started my career at Vermont Electric Cooperative as a SCADA engineer. We had just been awarded federal funding and were adding thousands of real-time data points to the system.
Why Does Utility Software Work So Differently Than Every Other Industry?

Why Does Utility Software Work So Differently Than Every Other Industry?

Four discoveries from Techadvantage 2026
3 Utility Insights at DTECH

3 Utility Insights at DTECH

Three utility themes from Distributech 2026
From Fragmented Systems to A Grid Operating System : Why I'm Joining Texture

From Fragmented Systems to A Grid Operating System : Why I'm Joining Texture

Texture is building a better way to operate the grid. We're building software with utilities, come join us.