2027 Event Agenda

Utilities are under growing pressure to modernize infrastructure, strengthen reliability and resilience, and manage rising system complexity, all while demonstrating affordability and accountability to regulators, customers, and stakeholders. As electrification, distributed energy resources (DERs), extreme weather, and aging infrastructure reshape the grid, utilities need more than better asset data; they need an end-to-end asset management approach that improves how investments are identified, justified, governed, and optimized across the full lifecycle. 

This course explores how utilities can use end-to-end asset management as a practical framework to connect capital planning, asset investment planning, operational risk, and long-term value realization. Rather than treating planning, engineering, operations, maintenance, finance, and regulatory support as separate activities, attendees will learn how to integrate them into a unified investment lens that helps utilities prioritize the right work, defend investment decisions, and maximize value from limited capital. 

Drawing on leading practices and utility applications, the course introduces a capability-driven approach to assess current-state gaps, improve visibility into asset condition and risk, and connect those insights to portfolio development, investment sequencing, and governance. Participants will examine how stronger lifecycle integration, better data continuity, and modern digital enablement can support more transparent decision-making and create a stronger line of sight from asset need to capital request, execution, and realized outcome. 

The session will also address how utilities can use an end-to-end perspective to support investment justification and rate case readiness. Emphasis will be placed on framing investments in terms of asset health, criticality, risk, reliability, resilience, and customer value; improving traceability between business drivers and portfolio choices; and strengthening the governance needed to manage investments once approved. Attendees will leave with a practical roadmap to better capitalize, justify, manage, and optimize investments across the asset lifecycle while supporting broader digital grid transformation.