Meeting the Moment
Mike Caravaggio is EPRI Vice President of Energy Supply – Reliability.
The energy sector is in a pivotal phase — shaped by immediate operational realities. Electricity demand is surging, driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, electrification, and industrial growth. For regulators and utility executives, the challenge is not only building new capacity but ensuring that existing assets can reliably and affordably meet this rising demand.
At EPRI, our mission is to equip the industry with the research, tools, and insights needed to navigate this moment. My focus is on the performance and integrity of existing generation assets — the backbone of today’s grid.
My colleague Jeffery Preece, EPRI Vice President of Fleet Development and Fuels, leads our work on emerging technologies, including hydrogen, renewables, and advanced generation. Together, our teams ensure that both legacy and next-generation non-nuclear resources are ready to meet evolving needs. EPRI also has an entire sector dedicated to nuclear generation — which is of course an integral part of the overall conversation.