Edison Foundation
Maria Kretzing is GM Electric Vehicles at Bidgely.
More than a dozen thought leaders and decision makers took the stage at the Edison Foundation's Institute for Electric Innovation's 13th annual Powering the People event in Washington D.C. Enjoy these excerpts.
Maria Kretzing: I like to say that sometimes we say, "Oh, AI is the hot topic right now." Actually, utilities have been adopting AI even before digital came about. It's been years in the making.
However, this new trend or this excitement around AI is really good. To your point, you have to start with a small win before your utility will trust larger things with AI, but utilities aren't going to be able to deliver clean energy in a scalable, cost-effective, reliable way without AI.