San Diego Convention Center

2025 Technical Conference Sessions

AI applications in T&D: Pepco, APS, and SCE

26 Mar 2025
C143/ 149
Artificial Intelligence , Bulk Power , Policy and Regulation , Data Centers

AI is being used today by most major companies around the world, and electric utilities are catching up.  

A safe, reliable, and affordable electric grid that delivers zero-carbon energy to an increasing number of new electric loads like data centers, electric vehicles, space conditioning, and industrial processes requires a new paradigm of thinking about the grid and how it operates. Planners, data scientists, and engineers in today’s electric utility industry must use new tools like AI to prepare for this exciting growth potential and begin building a T&D system that can accommodate massive electrification and new types of loads.

In this session, hear perspectives from Pepco, Arizona Public Service, and Southern California Edison.

Key Takeaways:

  • Explore what these progressive utilities are doing with AI and how they are rapidly transforming their grids to prepare for an electrified future
  • Discover the sources and types of customer and system data that these utilities use to feed their AI algorithms
  • Learn how each utility started its AI journey by engaging consultants and vendors, educating and empowering key personnel, and developing unique applications that deliver quantifiable value to their operations
  • Decide how your utility can benefit from these experiences
Panel Moderator
Mike Beehler
Mike Beehler, National Spokesperson - Power Delivery Intelligence Initiative
Chairperson
Aaron Stoll
Aaron Stoll, Manager, Transmission - Grid United
Speakers
Bobby Besharati
Bobby Besharati, Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics - Exelon
Judson Tillinghast
Judson Tillinghast, Manager, Data Center Strategy - Arizona Public Service (APS)
Raj Roy
Raj Roy, Director - SCE
Shawn Adderly
Shawn Adderly, Director, Substation Operations - PG&E
Hamed Valizadeh
Hamed Valizadeh, Senior Advisor and Principal Tech Lead - SCE