Conversations with ComEd’s Stan Wilk, Latoya Halmon, Bryan Surdy, Admir Beharic, Cristina Botero, Violeta Ryman and BP Pulse’s Mathew Cranley on their large EV charging station near O’Hare Airport. And with ComEd’s Mark Baranek and Scott Vogt and Prologis’ Nastasha Keefer on their many community solar installations around Chicagoland.

“The Smart Energy Plan is a program passed through the Missouri legislature to increase reliability. A lot of our infrastructure has been around for 50 to 60 years and is getting close to end of life where it’s time to be replaced with newer, stronger, hardened infrastructure.”

Given today’s imperative to build to meet rapidly growing demand for electric service, much like the growth in the first half of the twentieth century, it’s fortunate we can count on that time-tested Samuel Insull model to pull us through.

“Today’s telecom infrastructure has to support a grid that is smarter, faster, and more complex. That means moving away from legacy systems like time-division multiplexing (TDM) and toward dynamic, IP-based protocols that can handle massive amounts of data in real time. But that shift is anything but simple.”

“The outcome of DCFlex won’t be limited to a few successful pilots. EPRI aims to develop a framework of standards, best practices, and tools that can be adopted industry-wide, streamlining interconnection processes, reducing delays, and enabling wider adoption of flexibility at scale.”

“SEPA held its first-ever Office Hours event showcasing our new Database of Emerging Large-Load Tariffs and Agreements (DELTa) platform, jointly created with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, drawing in regulators and utilities for a hands-on Q&A.”

Commissioners and industry experts enjoyed two-minute takes on the future of utility regulation. Some twenty of them went on stage to share their views on anything they wanted.

“At BGE, a more targeted approach has taken shape through a partnership of Vegetation Management and the Data Science team; one that relies on data to drive decisions, not just following routine.”