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Hotel California Meets Life in the Fast Lane

Co-Located Load and Race to Reshape the Grid

“A new model has emerged: co-location. Rather than wait in the transmission queue or depend on grid upgrades, large loads are siting next to generation to bypass delays with grid expansion. It’s raising questions about how the grid is planned, who pays, and where regulatory boundaries lie.”
Byline: 

Lyle Larson

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Wildfire Challenge: Mary Throne

Wyoming PSC

“The wildfire season we had this year perhaps spurred legislative action. The legislation requires utilities to file wildfire plans, which the Commission must approve. A company in compliance with its approved plan has limited liability protection in any civil action.”
Byline: 

Mary Throne with Paul Kjellander

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Six Ways AI is Improving the Energy Landscape

Revolutionizing the Grid

“AI enables real-time dynamic pricing models, which allow for more efficient integration of intermittent renewables on the grid, and data center companies have begun leveraging AI to decarbonize their own operations.”
Byline: 

Molly Podolefsky

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Technosylva's Lessons from Wildfires

What to Keep in Mind

“While many utilities start with a well-researched Wildfire Management Plan, these changing conditions require dynamic and continuous management, informed by investments in ongoing situational awareness.“
Byline: 

Joaquin Ramirez

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Exploring AI for Utilities, Part 3

Itron

“While they’ve acknowledged the workforce lacks the technical expertise to deploy AI and machine learning, they are looking at how to fix this through more training. About 48% of those surveyed said continuous training and education can help bridge that expertise gap.”
Byline: 

Marina Donovan

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Points of View, at Distributech

Events

Conversations with Ericsson Global Head of Mission Critical Networks – Utilities Koustuv Ghoshal. IBM General Manager – Energy and Utilities Casey Werth, Eaton Utility Marketing Manager Jason Plane, with PUF’s Steve Mitnick and Joe Paparello on the conference floor.
Byline: 

PUF

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Accelerating Transmission Build

CTC Global

“Tech innovation is happening at a rapid pace, but it runs right into something that wants to change over decades. You see this even in the regulatory response to some of this.”
Byline: 

Theodore Paradise

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Distributech: Ericsson

Innovations

“IOUs and some non-IOUs have dropped over half a billion dollars to acquire private spectrum or get access. One of the key drivers is to make grid control more predictive, by leveraging wireless infrastructure to extract real-time intelligence from sensors at remote sites.”
Byline: 

Koustuv Ghoshal

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My Takeaways from the Energy Evolution Summit

Building on Success

“One of my favorite moments? Celebrating this year’s SEPA Power Player Award winners. With over 100 impressive submissions from around the world, our judging panel had no easy task. But in the end, six winners rose to the top, each recognized for their innovation, impact, and ability to scale solutions through collaboration.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Distributech: IBM

Innovations

“One of our recent CEO studies showed that out of all 20 industry segments, the energy segment had the highest positive potential expectation of value from AI, and the lowest in terms of progress of implementation.”
Byline: 

Casey Werth

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