Discover how utilities are transforming data into actionable insights to improve operations, planning, and customer experience.

Data analytics plays a critical role in optimizing grid operations, enhancing reliability, and improving decision-making for utilities. This topic explores how utilities are leveraging big data, AI-driven insights, and predictive analytics to improve asset management, outage detection, demand forecasting, and customer engagement. Discussions will also focus on integrating real-time data, improving situational awareness, and developing strategies to harness the full potential of utility data.

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Unlocking Power System Intelligence: Leveraging Graph Data Models for a Smarter Grid

February 02, 2026

As utilities modernize and integrate increasingly diverse data sources, the need for a unified, flexible, and insight-driven data architecture becomes critical. In this session, we explore how graph databases are transforming asset management, engineering, and operations by aligning data architecture with the real-world complexity of utility and power system design.

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Modernizing the Grid with Data Analytics-Driven Approaches from the East and West Utility

February 03, 2026

As utilities accelerate their grid modernization journeys, data analytics is emerging as the cornerstone for transforming operations, improving reliability, and managing climate-driven risks. 

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A Data-Driven and Equity-Centered Approach for Optimizing the Placement of Power Quality Conditioners in Large-Scale Distribution Systems

February 04, 2026

This content presents an approach to identifying optimal locations for the installation of Power Quality Conditioners (PQCs) within distribution systems to dynamically manage voltage and reactive power. 

Data analytics educational opportunities

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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 …
1:00 PM
  1. 26AB
    50 mins
    Global utilities are grappling with the same urgent dilemma — billions in required upgrades, and only a fraction of the capital needed to address them at once. Xcel Energy, which manages a large terri …
3:00 PM
  1. 29AB
    50 mins
    This session presents the design and operationalization of PG&E’s fully redundant synchrophasor data architecture, developed in collaboration with Quanta Technology. The presentation will detail the e …
  2. 29CD
    50 mins
    As the electric grid faces unprecedented challenges from extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and distributed energy integration, artificial intelligence is emerging as a critical enabler of grid re …
11:00 AM
  1. 6D
    50 mins
    Utilities face growing pressure to accelerate electrification with precision. This session introduces a streamlined framework—Identify, Analyze, Target, Recruit, Coach, Measure—showing how EV intellig …
  2. 11AB
    50 mins
    In the rapidly evolving landscape of customer service, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal strategy for enhancing operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Thi …
1:00 PM
  1. 10
    50 mins
    Amid mounting pressure to justify capital investments, extend asset life, and improve reliability, ENMAX Power has undertaken a transformative modernization of its asset management ecosystem. This ses …
  2. 6C
    50 mins
    Join Sensus to discover how PECO, Pennsylvania’s largest combined electric and natural gas utility, is revolutionizing grid management with cutting-edge RMS voltage monitoring. By deploying this techn …
  3. 31AB
    50 mins
    Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, posing substantial challenges to electric utilities in maintaining reliable services. The growing frequency of storms highlights the urgen …
2:00 PM
  1. 6C
    50 mins
    As utilities accelerate their grid modernization journeys, data analytics is emerging as the cornerstone for transforming operations, improving reliability, and managing climate-driven risks. This ses …
  2. 6C
    50 mins
    As utilities accelerate grid modernization, Southern Company is setting a new standard with its Meter Intelligence Hub—an integrated, cloud-native analytics platform that fuses machine learning, AI ag …
2:45 PM
  1. Innovative and Emerging Tech - Booth #143
    30 mins
    A technical yet practical session on how digital twin intelligence, Dynamic Line Rating, Vegetation Management and predictive analytics are enabling utilities to unlock more capacity, reduce outages a …
4:15 PM
  1. Grid Edge Intelligence - Booth #4845
    30 mins
    Accurate distribution-system topology has become foundational for modern grid-edge operations, yet many utilities still rely on incomplete or outdated connectivity models. This session presents a rigo …
11:00 AM
  1. 29CD
    50 mins
    Time-synchronous measurements from low-voltage sensors, such as meters, can open the door to a new class of distribution-system diagnostics that were previously impractical at scale. This session demo …
  2. 6C
    50 mins
    Most utility EV managed charging programs focus solely on peak load reduction; however, these programs can offer far more than that, delivering a range of benefits to both the grid and the customer th …
1:00 PM
  1. 11AB
    50 mins
    Utilities face mounting affordability pressure, rising call volumes, evolving customer needs, and increasing complexity from DERs. In this session, PSEG-LI and Bidgely share how AI and advanced analyt …
1:15 PM
  1. Grid Edge Intelligence - Booth #4845
    30 mins
    Across the evolving landscape of the distribution grid, the ability to turn data into intelligence is redefining what’s possible. In this session, Tantalus Systems will share its vision for Unified In …
2:00 PM
  1. 31AB
    50 mins
    For utility CIOs, the challenge today isn’t finding AI—it’s scaling it fast to deliver measurable business value. Generic and point AI tools often lack the depth of insight and flexibility of adoption …
2:15 PM
  1. 10
    15 mins
    District Energy Systems are evolving to incorporate assets like waste, renewable heat sources, heat pumps, storages, electric boilers, and chilling units to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The volati …
3:00 PM
  1. 29AB
    50 mins
    This content presents an approach to identifying optimal locations for the installation of Power Quality Conditioners (PQCs) within distribution systems to dynamically manage voltage and reactive powe …
  2. 11AB
    50 mins
    The utility sector is undergoing a transformative shift as next-generation AMI technologies and smart meter data analytics redefine how energy system are managed. With the emergence of AMI 2.0 – featu …
  3. 6C
    50 mins
    At Distributech 2024, we introduced a novel AI-powered framework within the ADMS ecosystem, enabling DSOs to achieve low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) grid visibility using existing GIS and AMI …
  4. 6F
    50 mins
    How do you convince regulators to approve forward-looking resilience investments when traditional cost-benefit frameworks weren't designed for climate uncertainty? This panel tackles the regulatory ch …
  5. 31AB
    50 mins
    DER data is not new to Con Edison—it has been a persistent and complex challenge since the team first embarked on centralizing DER information three years ago through an MVP. Now, equipped with years …
1:00 PM
  1. 29AB
    50 mins
    Energy loss due to tampering continues to be a major concern for utilities. Offenders are now more sophisticated and are illegally diverting more energy than ever, increasing the need for electricity …