How utilities turn procurement into a competitive edge
This report highlights insights from a survey of procurement and compliance leaders about how they’re handling workloads, challenges, and risks. Utility procurement teams are tasked with business-critical tasks, like managing costs, risks and the database of contractors that meet their companies’ specialized needs, making their work essential to operational success. But siloed workflows, tight resources […]
Increasing grid reliability in the U.S.
Rising peak demand, generator retirements, extreme weather and other factors are driving significant reliability concerns for the U.S. power sector. Initiatives from the industry, policymakers and other stakeholders are being introduced to reduce those risks and ensure grid reliability across the country. INCLUDED IN THIS TRENDLINE MISO’s resource outlook improves as forecast generation additions outpace […]
Speed-to-Power Delays Threaten U.S AI Edge and Data Center Profits
AI data centers face unprecedented power bottlenecks, threatening U.S. competitiveness and causing costly deployment delays. Future load growth uncertainty challenges normal planning horizons and tools. Traditional grid expansion encounters long lead times, leaving utilities with a choice: risk stranded assets through overbuild or fall behind in the global AI race. Flexible onsite generation offers a […]
Utility Transformation: Navigating the AI Era
Utilities are under pressure to modernize the grid, improve reliability, integrate distributed energy resources, and maintain affordability — all while navigating aging infrastructure, evolving regulations, and technological change. Success requires more than adopting new technologies; it requires a strategic approach to AI innovation. The articles in this Industry Pulse explore how utilities are building more […]
Make the customer experience part of your operations plan
This playbook explains why treating customer engagement as an operational asset strengthens utility relationships and supports a resilient system.For decades, utilities have built their operational plans around metrics such as reliability, outage durations, system losses, and cost‑to‑serve—but as customers shift from traditional touchpoints like paper bills and phone calls to websites and apps, the old […]
A better approach to energy procurement
This playbook explores a new approach to energy procurement that reduces risk and controls costs in a rapidly changing energy environment.For years, manufacturers could count on stable, predictable energy costs. But rising global demand for natural gas, AI-driven power consumption, electrification, and mounting pressure on the grid have fundamentally changed the market, creating greater uncertainty […]
eBook: Power Cable Design & Optimization
Certain environments come at the risk of harsh conditions, requiring engineers to develop cables that can operate efficiently despite challenging climates. For this reason, organizations have been turning to modeling and simulation to better understand potential designs and measure their strength and efficiency.In this ebook, you will learn how four companies from around the world […]
How utilities are ensuring grid resilience
As the risks from extreme weather events and cyber threats continue to grow, U.S. utilities are investing billions to enhance grid resilience. From the increased deployment of microgrids to under-grounding power lines, the energy sector is deploying a variety of measures to address the growing threats.INCLUDED IN THIS TRENDLINEPJM gets emergency approval to curtail data […]
AI Workload Deployment in Data Centers: A strategic framework for decision-making
Deploying high-density AI workloads presents both a challenge and a strategic opportunity for data center owners. For colocation companies, supporting tenant AI workloads is essential. For enterprises, deploying AI across processes, offers, and services is crucial for innovation and competitiveness.While much focus is on new facilities and “AI factories,” executives are evaluating existing facilities with […]
How to leverage new satellite technology for smarter post-disaster utility and transportation management
When floods, hurricanes, or wildfires hit, utility and transportation operators often run blind during the hours that matter most. Crews cannot safely reach the field, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are grounded by clouds or smoke, and ground reports arrive in fragments. Restoration priorities, crew deployment, and public communication get decided on incomplete information, while local […]