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MARCH 24-27, 2025 | DALLAS, TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

 

Grid Hardening

Learn how utilities are implementing measures and upgrades to make the grid more resilient, reliable, and resistant to disruptions, including natural disasters and cyberattacks. 

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Storm & Disaster Management Breakfast Roundtable 

Wednesday, February 28 | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 

Don't miss out on the opportunity to join our exclusive breakfast roundtable discussion on storm and disaster management. This is your chance to connect with fellow professionals and engage directly with experts in this critical field. Our roundtables are meticulously curated to focus on specific industry topics, and they're facilitated by renowned professionals at the forefront of their domains. These coveted seats are in incredibly high demand, so act swiftly to secure yours today! Your participation could be the key to enhancing your expertise and making invaluable connections in the world of storm and disaster management. 

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GRID HARDENING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

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10:15 AM
  1. How Avista Improved Customer Response Times and Satisfaction with AI-driven Storm Predictions
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    Long dealing with vegetation-related customer outages from dynamic northwest weather, Avista needed a better way to predict storms, storm-related incidents, and their impacts. This informative session ...
  2. How Satellite Intelligence Can Help Mitigate Risk, Optimize Cost, Reduce Wildfires and Improve Reliability
    W311CD
    60 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Utilities large and small are gaining insights from satellite intelligence. Join this panel of vegetation management experts from California to Virginia to hear how utilities are revolutionizing veget ...
  3. Community Microgrids at Scale: Powering Resilience and Grid Optimization
    W204
    60 mins
    • DER for Reliability
    Explore real-world use cases of large-scale community microgrids, tackling unique challenges and unlocking benefits for utilities and their partners. Join us to delve into innovative projects from Ent ...
12:00 PM
  1. Exploring the Value of Distributed Intelligence Use Cases in Advance of Deployment
    Booth 4343 Exhibit Floor
    60 mins
    • Grid Edge Technologies Knowledge Hub
    Utilities are exploring the capabilities of distributed intelligence (DI) to better understand the technology, maximize the value of AMI investments related to grid modernization mandates that are dri ...
1:50 PM
  1. A Look Inside Data Center Power Distribution Systems
    W308CD
    30 mins
    • Advanced Distribution Operations
    In the growing world of computing, A.I., algorithms, personal data, and applications, numerous data centers are commissioned each year. Data center operators now own, operate, and maintain their own e ...
2:00 PM
  1. Investigating the Detection of Waveform Anomalies in Order to Maintain Grid Stability
    Booth 4343 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Grid Edge Technologies Knowledge Hub
     When the voltage on your grid is stable and distributing electricity as intended, everything is status quo. But what happens when there are disruptions to the power flow? Detecting anomalies such as ...
2:40 PM
  1. Remote Grids: A Safe and Cost-Effective Solution for Wildfire Mitigation
    W204
    30 mins
    • DER for Reliability
    In the U.S., 5.5 million miles of distribution lines stretch across the nation, with a significant portion traversing forested regions. As the grid ages, these distribution lines increasingly pose a l ...
  2. Advances in Cable Rejuvenation over the Past 3 Decades: An Incredible Success Story
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Cable rejuvenation by injection of silicone fluid into the interstitial region of the cable conductor, has extended the life of over 450,000 cable segments over the past 35 years. The fluid diffuses i ...
2:45 PM
  1. Understanding Impacts for Grid Modernization and Reliability Improvements
    Booth 4343 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Grid Edge Technologies Knowledge Hub
    This session will provide an overview of the strategies being implemented by electric utilities for modernizing the grid and improving circuit reliability. An overview of the latest equipment being de ...
3:30 PM
  1. How Nova Scotia Power Assesses More Lines in Difficult Locations with Satellites and AI
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
     With extreme weather events heightening dangerous vegetation issues, Nova Scotia Power has stepped beyond traditional methods of assessment to determine vegetation conditions and identify risks using ...
4:20 PM
  1. How Southern California Edison is Reducing Wildfire Risk with Unified LiDAR Analytics & Automations
    W304AB
    30 mins
    • Data Analytics
    To identify an optimal grid hardening path, utilities must answer an essential question — what actions do they need to prioritize to keep their networks safe and online in a cost-effective manner? Uni ...
  2. Grid Edge Voltage Control - A New Toolkit for Restoring and Maintaining Power Quality
    W304EF
    30 mins
    • Customer Engagement
    Today, electric utilities face increasing challenges to deliver power to industrial and large customers. With the rapid adoption of renewable energy and beneficial electrification (electric vehicles a ...
8:00 AM
  1. Breakfast Roundtables- Wednesday
    W414AB
    60 mins
    • Breakfast & Lunch Roundtables
    Full conference badge is required for admittance. Additionally, all full conference badge holders must pre-register to reserve a seat. To check your registration or to reserve a seat, please visit the ...
9:15 AM
  1. Underground Best Practices and O&M Experiences
    W311CD
    60 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Today 18% of America's distribution system is underground. But, some progressive public power utilities have as much as 90% of their system underground. For decades they have invested public dollars o ...
  2. Modernizing the Last Mile: Eversource's Strategy to Harden Its Lateral System
    W308CD
    30 mins
    • Advanced Distribution Operations
    Eversource developed a multi-faceted strategy to modernize the last mile of the grid and tackle common reliability issues. In addition to vegetation and wildlife management, Eversource is leveraging a ...
  3. How Can You Address the Challenge of Aging Underground Infrastructure?
    W202
    30 mins
    • The Flexible Grid
    Learn how FirstEnergy addressed its environmental concerns, increased reliability, and reduced maintenance with solid-dielectric switchgear. FirstEnergy had several pad-mount switchgear units that ser ...
10:55 AM
  1. Consumers Energy Pioneers Reliability Breakthroughs for Electric Distribution
    W308CD
    30 mins
    • Advanced Distribution Operations
    Consumers Energy’s long-term grid modernization vision includes implementing new technologies to improve safety and reliability for customers. The company initiated an aggressive strategy including ov ...
  2. Strategic Approach to Confronting Extreme Weather Threats
    W304CD
    30 mins
    • Storm and Disaster Management
    In this presentation, CPS Energy will summarize its journey to provide a more resilient electric infrastructure to the people of San Antonio to better withstand or recover from major extreme weather t ...
  3. Digging Deep: FPL's Journey to Lateral Hardening by 2045
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
     No U.S. state faces the threat of hurricanes like Florida. To improve resiliency, FPL set an ambitious goal to harden 100% of its lateral lines by 2045. On underground residential distribution circui ...
1:00 PM
  1. How National Grid and Alabama Power are Transforming Vegetation Management Decision Making with Satellites and AI
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Learn how Alabama Power and National Grid are using modern technologies such as satellites and artificial intelligence to unlock efficiencies, save money, and simultaneously increase reliability — yea ...
1:15 PM
  1. Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment for Utility Assets - a Quantitative Approach
    Booth 2071 Exhibit Floor Theater 1
    30 mins
    • City of the Future
    Climate models predict increasingly extreme weather events associated with our changing climate. Utility asset managers must consider extreme temperatures, wildfires, floods, drought, rising sea level ...
1:50 PM
  1. Vegetation Management: Applying AI/ML to Move from a Cycle-based to a Risk-based Approach
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    This session will explore how AES Ohio and AES Indiana have used artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to transition from a cycle-based approach in a vegetation management program to ...
2:00 PM
  1. Leveraging Digital Design for the Planning, Building, and Delivery of Grid Assets
    Booth 3571 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Digitalizing the Grid Knowledge Hub
    Many of today’s utilities think of digital design as a tool used only in the design phase of projects. In this Knowledge Hub Session we will explore some of the lesser regarded, yet highly beneficial ...
2:30 PM
  1. From the Boardroom to the Field: Distribution Program Development to Ensure Execution Certainty
    W309B
    60 mins
    • Peer to Peer Exchange
    Peer-to-peer exchange is a discussion on a specific topic. Discussions provide attendees access to knowledge and expertise to help them address the critical challenges facing the industry today in a s ...
2:40 PM
  1. Strategies and Solutions for Improving Structural Resiliency
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    The frequency and severity of disruptive weather events continue to rise and so does the pressure on utilities to harden their grid infrastructure. While system resiliency has jumped to the top of the ...
2:45 PM
  1. Effectively Driving Innovation within a Large Utility
    Booth 432 Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    • Innovative and Emerging Technologies Knowledge Hub
    Utilities need to innovate to effectively serve customers. And the innovations that utilities will adopt include connectivity, automation, equipment, processes, reporting, design, and construction. La ...
10:30 AM
  1. Bringing Climate Resilience and Adaptation into Integrated Planning
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Investments in climate resilience and adaptation are needed to mitigate threats, impact, and recovery time in extreme weather events. Climate resilience for utilities requires identifying the customer ...
11:20 AM
  1. Building Resilience: Powering Through Extreme Weather
    W311CD
    30 mins
    • System Hardening and Vegetation Management
    Explore effective weatherization strategies that ensure sustained operations in extreme weather events. This presentation will cover NERC, FERC, REStandard, and other regulatory and ISO/RTO requiremen ...
  2. Securing pLTE Utility Networks as a Device plus Network Ecosystem
    W308AB
    30 mins
    • Cyber and Physical Security
    Join Ericsson, OneLayer, and an IOU as we delve into the details of building a unified security ecosystem for a private LTE utility network, exploring the security features provided by the cellular ne ...

 

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