Explore cutting-edge tools, analytics, and strategies transforming transmission and distribution operations—from DER integration to advanced control room operations.

As the electric grid evolves to support greater complexity, resilience, and sustainability, utilities are deploying advanced tools and strategies to optimize operations across both transmission and distribution systems. This topic explores cutting-edge developments in grid monitoring, automation, and system flexibility. Sessions will examine how utilities are leveraging data, real-time analytics, and emerging technologies— such as DERMS, ADMS, SCADA, and grid-enhancing technologies- to manage and control the future grid through orchestration, flexibility and stability

Sponsored by:

G&W

Featured content

Education Sessions

National Grid-Modernizing the Grid with Volt-VAR Optimization: A Comparative Analysis of Decentralized and Centralized Approaches

February 04, 2026

This presentation explores the critical role of VVO in enhancing voltage regulation, reducing energy consumption, and enabling distributed energy resource (DER) integration while comparing two fundamentally different implementation paradigms: decentralized VVO and centralized VVO via ADMS platform.

Education Sessions

Oklahoma Gas and Electric’s Mobile and Stationary Energy Storage Strategy Advancement through Self-Managed Pilot Deployment, Research, and Testing

February 04, 2026

Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) is Oklahoma's largest electric company, serving more than 907,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The utility is anticipating the rapid adoption of flexible energy storage across its grid – but is faced with the challenge of going “from zero to 60” with this technology. 

Education Sessions

Building the Future of Grid Operations: Inside AES Ohio’s Next-Generation T&D Operations Center

February 04, 2026

As utilities navigate the growing complexity of grid operations, driven by distributed energy resources (DERs), electrification, aging infrastructure, and rising cybersecurity threats, control centers must evolve to meet modern demands. AES Ohio partnered with West Monroe to deliver a state-of-the-art Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Operations Center that redefines how utility operations are monitored, managed, and future-ready.

Advanced operations opportunities

Loading
10:00 AM
  1. 26AB
    50 mins
    The need for more efficient interconnection processes is more critical than ever. This session will delve into the latest advancements in AI-augmented workflow automation tailored to the interconnecti …
  2. 28AB
    50 mins
    As the energy landscape evolves, grid modernization has become a cornerstone for ensuring resilience, efficiency, and sustainability in the face of growing demand, distributed energy resources, and cl …
11:00 AM
  1. 29CD
    25 mins
    As utilities face growing pressure to modernize and decarbonize, technology alone is not enough—organizations must evolve their operating models and workforce strategies in tandem. National Grid, in c …
  2. 26AB
    50 mins
    As utilities race to modernize critical infrastructure and prepare for a more electrified, decentralized, and data-driven future, Southern California Edison (SCE) is leading the charge with a bold str …
  3. 28AB
    50 mins
    ComEd’s Voltage Management Demonstration (VMD) project is a targeted initiative focused on enhancing grid performance under contingency conditions in areas with high DER penetration. It leverages the …
11:25 AM
  1. 29CD
    25 mins
    Buried beneath established routine and procedures, electric utilities uncover major gaps - paper-based as-builting workflows.  As they modernize their work management, GIS and graphic work design syst …
1:00 PM
  1. 28AB
    50 mins
    This panel will present innovative systems, planned or being piloted, that provide advanced monitoring and analysis of electric utility distribution systems. Each panelist will present one aspect of t …
1:25 PM
  1. 29AB
    25 mins
    With great data comes great opportunity, both to use the grid more efficiently and protect the system. Great River Energy (GRE) has deployed two kinds of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) sensors. The first a …
9:00 AM
  1. 26AB
    50 mins
    Innovative electric cooperatives from across the country are pioneering new approaches to grid modernization—bringing cutting-edge solutions to rural and traditionally underserved communities. In this …
  2. 28CD
    50 mins
    Network Model Management, a key part of the asset lifecycle value chain, delivers significant value across the asset lifecycle by establishing a sustainable, single source of truth for grid network da …
10:00 AM
  1. 28CD
    50 mins
    Nova Scotia Power, in collaboration with Ampacimon, has undertaken one of the most expansive deployments of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR), Ambient Adjusted Ratings (AAR), and Facility Rating technologies …
  2. 33AB
    50 mins
    For many distribution utilities, DERMS implementation is as much an organizational journey as it is a technical one. As DERs scale and real-time coordination becomes critical, utilities must not only …
  3. 26AB
    50 mins
    As utilities modernize their grid operations, the implementation of Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) across multiple operating companies presents both significant opportunities and comp …
11:00 AM
  1. 28AB
    50 mins
    As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the energy landscape, utilities face unique opportunities—and challenges—in turning pilots into enterprise-grade solutions. Generative AI, large languag …
2:00 PM
  1. 11AB
    50 mins
    If you work with ADMS, AMI, or grid analytics, and want to improve operational trust in your data, this is the session for you. In January 2025, Salt River Project (SRP) completed its cutover to a new …
10:00 AM
  1. 28CD
    50 mins
    Distributed energy resources (DERs) have been empowering customers to achieve independence and sustainability while reducing their costs of energy. However, the large integration of DERs has been a ma …
  2. 26AB
    50 mins
    As Ontario’s energy landscape rapidly evolves—with accelerating electrification and a surge in Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)—the role of Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) must fundamentally ch …
  3. 32AB
    50 mins
    As climate change intensifies and regulatory pressure increases, utilities face mounting challenges in managing vegetation to prevent outages and wildfires. This session explores how advanced data ana …
11:00 AM
  1. 28AB
    50 mins
    As utilities navigate the growing complexity of grid operations, driven by distributed energy resources (DERs), electrification, aging infrastructure, and rising cybersecurity threats, control centers …
2:00 PM
  1. 10
    15 mins
    One of our clients struggled with controlling construction paving costs. Although well versed in utility work, often field decisions were made without full understanding of downstream paving implicati …
3:00 PM
  1. 26AB
    50 mins
    This presentation will describe how a major US electric utility greatly reduced operations and maintenance expenses and significantly improved cybersecurity by unifying secure remote access, automated …
10:00 AM
  1. 6D
    50 mins
    Texas’ ERCOT grid – independent, energy-only, and increasingly distributed – has become a proving ground for DER aggregation. Since 2021, ERCOT’s ADER Pilot Program has tested how aggregated distribut …
11:00 AM
  1. 31AB
    50 mins
    With the rapid growth in demand, data centers are increasingly looking for on-site power generation and storage solutions to relieve grid constraints and navigate utility interconnection delays. Innov …
  2. 26AB
    50 mins
    In the summer of 2025, New York City faced prolonged, record-setting heatwaves that placed extraordinary stress on the electric grid. Con Edison responded by activating a demand response portfolio app …
1:00 PM
  1. 29CD
    50 mins
    SCE’s vision for an AI-powered system in its Digital Grid Services network operations center aims to revolutionize incident management of telecom equipment. This project encompasses a bespoke full-sta …
  2. 26AB
    50 mins
    In response to the substantial increase in electricity demand driven by EV adoption, vehicle and home electrification, and the continued growth of distributed solar and behind-the-meter systems, PG&E …
2:00 PM
  1. 29AB
    50 mins
    BC Hydro was evaluating a large set of investments in Operating Technology to support the distribution side of their business. They realized that this was going to involve more than the control room. …
  2. 26AB
    50 mins
    As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented energy demand, utilities need to scale capacity quickly, affordably, and reliably. New technologies can unlock capacity on the existing grid, helping ut …