The demand for cleaner electric energy grows each year with the electrification of data storage, mobility, space conditioning, vertical agriculture, and industrial processes. Some say that America will double or triple its current peak demand requirements by 2050. 

More demand, more distributed energy resources (DER) and more utility-scale generation and storage will have dramatic implications on the current planning, design, operations, and maintenance of the electric transmission and distribution (T&D) grid that delivers that energy. It will require a huge investment of financial and human resources. 

Please join this panel of utility and industry leaders as we discuss the needs and opportunities of major new investments in the distribution system, the integration of DERs and FERC 2222, and the need for more transmission capacity in existing rights-of-way.

Explore how each utility — PG&E, Georgia Power, Oncor, Xcel Energy, and SCE — is executing its multi-billion dollar, multi-year investment programs to build out the 21st-century T&D grid.  Learn about overcoming supply chain challenges for long lead time equipment, public involvement processes, contracting strategies for management and design resources, project (craft) labor agreements, and applications of emerging technologies.

Discover the design-based collection of raw system data to be used for the safe and (cyber) secure application of artificial intelligence on the operations and maintenance of the T&D for the life of the assets.